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Table 3. Suggested Empiric Treatment Options for Clinically Suspected Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia in Units Where Empiric Methicillin-Resistant
Suggested Empiric Treatment ... Options for Clinically ... Antipseudomonal/Gram-Negative ... InfectiousDiseases #Empiric #Antibiotics
Differentiating NBTE from Infective Endocarditis
No pathognomonic signs/symptoms or echo features that are specific to NBTE, and
high index of clinical ... Frequent false-negative ... heart valves • MRI ... often seen • MRI ... #Endocarditis #comparison
Hordeolum vs Chalazion

Hordeolum (Stye):
 • Location: Most commonly found at or near an eyelash follicle
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, swelling • Treatment ... painless lump • Treatment ... Warm compresses, antibiotic ... eyedrops, surgery #Clinical ... Stye #Chalazion #Comparison
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
Lung Abscess - Clinical ... hemorrhage • Treatment ... treatment until ... Lung Abscess Differential ... Abscess #pulmonary #differential
Spinal Epidural Abscess - Illness Script
Epidemiology:
 - Patients at risk for bacteremia: IVDU, dental abscess, HD
most common (63%) Clinical ... Diagnosis: - MRI ... imaging as needed Treatment ... Surgical drainage - Antibiotics
Candidemia Workup and Management - IDSA Guidelines
1) Antibiotics
 • Empiric: Echinocandins (e.g. micafungin) for most patients
Guidelines 1) Antibiotics ... Susceptibilities, Negative ... or TEE unless clinical ... #candidiasis #treatment
Oroya Fever
Hematologic disease caused by Bartonella bacilliformis
Restricted to the Andes highlands of Peru & Ecuador
B. bacilliformis:
bacilliformis: - Gram negative ... Lutzomyia verrucarum Clinical ... toxo reactivation Clinical ... TREATMENT: ​• Acute ... Supportive and antibiotics
CAPD-associated peritonitis (Continuous Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis) - 5 Things To Know
Diagnosis (Two of the following):
(1) Clinical
following): (1) Clinical ... • 15-35% Gram negative ... diverticulitis) Treatment ... Others • Culture negative ... • Prophylactic antibiotics
Hydroxyapatite Deposition Disease (HADD) - MSK Radiology
Imaging Findings:
 • Ovoid hypointense structures along the bursal surface
MRI shows globular ... • Treatment for ... Differential diagnosis ... tenosynovitis: Differentiate ... #mri #clinical
Focal Periphyseal Edema (FOPE lesion) - MSK Radiology
Imaging Findings:
 • Arrows identifying the characteristic edema-like signal
peers and may negatively ... repeated follow-up MRI ... (save $$) Differential ... Edema #lesion #clinical ... #mri #clinical