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Causes of Isolated Neutropenia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Congenital
Medications
 • Anticonvulsants
 • Antibiotics
 • Antithyroid
 • Antihypertensive
Neutropenia - Differential ... Anticonvulsants • Antibiotics ... Antineoplastic Viral Infection ... Bacteria • Gram Negative ... #Neutropenia #Differential
Causes of Culture Negative Abscess - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Consider prior antibiotics as a cause of a
Abscess - Differential ... Consider prior antibiotics ... Dracunculiasis - Non-Infectious ... Blastomycosis - Non-Infectious ... #Abscess #Differential
Myasthenic Crisis Checklist - Myasthenia Gravis

Evaluation 
 - Chest X-ray and lung ultrasound (exclude other lung
Phos), CBC with differential ... possible - Infectious ... if symptoms of infection ... Do not measure negative ... main ones) - Antibiotics
CNS Infections - Viral Encephalitis and Bacterial Meningitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Viral Encephalitis:
MCC: Enteroviruses (e.g., coxsackievirus
CNS Infections - ... in 70%-85% • Negative ... stain: Previous antibiotics ... Monocytogenes or gram negative ... rav7ks #CNS #Infections
Endocarditis - Overview and Differential Diagnosis Framework

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV
- Overview and Differential ... aureus, Coagulase-negative ... staphylococci Culture Negative ... Treatment • IV antibiotics ... #Endocarditis #Differential
Endocarditis Summary

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV substance use
• IV catheter
• Recent
Infectious: • Pre-existing ... devices (CIED) Non-Infectious ... • Coagulase-negative ... Marantic (NTBE) Differential ... • IV Antibiotics
Typical Recommendations for Antibiotic Duration for Common Bacterial Infections in Adults 

- Dr. Eric Strong @DrEricStrong
Recommendations for Antibiotic ... Common Bacterial Infections ... Strong Medicine #Antibiotics ... #Pharmacology #Infection
Carbapenems - Antibiotics Class Overview

Imipenem/Cilastin, Meropenem, Ertapenem, Doripenem 

Spectrum: Broadest spectrum antibiotics, cover Gram positive, Gram
Carbapenems - Antibiotics ... Broadest spectrum antibiotics ... positive, Gram negative ... : many serious infections ... resistant gram negatives
Daptomycin  - Antibiotics Class Overview

Mechanism: Lipopeptide antibiotic – forms transmembrane channels and depolarizes cells.
Daptomycin - Antibiotics ... Mechanism: Lipopeptide antibiotic ... No gram negative ... skin/soft tissue infections ... #Pharmacology #Antibiotics
Table of Antibiotics for Highly Resistant Gram Negative Infections 

Ceftazidime, Cefepime, Piperacillin/ Tazobactam, Carbapenems, Aztreonam, Aminoglycosides
Table of Antibiotics ... Resistant Gram Negative ... Infections ... Medicine #Antibiotics ... #GramNegative #Infections