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Etiologies of Meningitis - Acute (1-14d) vs Chronic (>14 days)

#meningitis #differential #diagnosis #pathogens #causes #acute #chronic
Etiologies of Meningitis ... (>14 days) #meningitis ... diagnosis #pathogens #causes ... acute #chronic #infectiousdiseases
Bacterial Meningitis - Causative Organisms and Treatment by Age Group

#Bacterial #Meningitis #Causes #Pathogens #Diagnosis #Management
Bacterial Meningitis ... Organisms and Treatment ... #Bacterial #Meningitis ... #Causes #Pathogens
Adjuvant therapies in critical care: steroids to treat infectious diseases
 - Severe Community Acquired Pneumonia
- Bacterial meningitis ... - Tuberculous meningitis ... Corticosteroids #Adjuvant #InfectiousDiseases ... Pharmacology #Management #Treatment
Initiation of ART in HIV patients with Opportunistic Infections
 • Pulmonary TB and CD4 cell count
• Cryptococcal Meningitis ... of starting OI treatment ... Infections #management #infectiousdiseases
Summary of Infections in which Steroids play a role in treatment
 • TB meningitis
 • TB
play a role in treatment ... • TB meningitis ... pericarditis (select cases ... • Pneumococcal meningitis ... infections #management #treatment
Hantavirus
Pathogen: Hantavirus - Rodents are the primary reservoir
Transmission:
 • Shed in the urine, feces, saliva of
barns and lake houses ... chills, myalgias, nausea ... • Autopsy PCR Treatment ... diagnosis #management #treatment ... #microbiology #infectiousdiseases
Causes of blood culture negative infective endocarditis

Bartonella spp, Brucella spp, Coxiella burnetii, Chlamydia spp, Tropheryma whipplei,
Causes of blood ... febrilepodcast] #BCNIE #Causes ... differential #diagnosis #causes ... #Endocarditis #InfectiousDiseases ... #CNIE #BCNIE #cardiology
Streptocccus Pneumoniae
Microbiology: Gram Positive, Alpha-hemolytic, Catalase Negative
Epidemiology - 10% adult carriers:
 • Most common cause of:
• Most common cause ... CAP, Bacterial meningitis ... media • Important cause ... Specificity of 97%) Treatment ... Bacteremia 10-14 days, Meningitis
Infectious Causes of Adrenal Insufficiency
Anatomical distribution of vessels to the adrenal makes the gland prone to
Infectious Causes ... Tuberculosis, Neisseria meningitidis ... #Infectious #Causes ... endocrinology #infectiousdiseases
Salicylate Toxicity - Diagnosis and Management

Consider if:
1) Patient is hot and altered
2) You see tachypnea with
no respiratory cause ... , sepsis, PNA, meningitis ... exposure Symptoms: Nausea ... diagnosis #management #Treatment