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My Patient with Infective Endocarditis (IE) Has Negative Blood Cultures
 - Did they receive antibiotics prior
Endocarditis (IE) Has Negative ... Did they receive antibiotics ... Decreased yield due to antibiotic ... BloodCultures #Diagnosis ... #Management #Algorithm
CAPD-associated peritonitis (Continuous Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis) - 5 Things To Know
Diagnosis (Two of the following):
(1) Clinical
Things To Know Diagnosis ... • 15-35% Gram negative ... • Prophylactic antibiotics ... #peritonitis #Diagnosis ... #Management #InfectiousDiseases
Oroya Fever
Hematologic disease caused by Bartonella bacilliformis
Restricted to the Andes highlands of Peru & Ecuador
B. bacilliformis:
bacilliformis: - Gram negative ... Nodular → Mular DIAGNOSIS ... Supportive and antibiotics ... #Oroya #Fever #diagnosis ... #management #Bartonella
Myasthenic Crisis Checklist - Myasthenia Gravis

Evaluation 
 - Chest X-ray and lung ultrasound (exclude other lung
Pyridostigmine - New diagnosis ... Do not measure negative ... main ones) - Antibiotics ... MyastheniaGravis #Checklist #Management
Orthopedic Emergencies
Compartment Syndrome
 • An increase in compartment pressure to the point where tissue perfusion is
• Initial Management ... • Diagnosis: ... - Antibiotic ... gram positive and negative ... #Emergencies #diagnosis
Novel Antibiotics Against 
Resistant Gram-negative Bacteria 

- IDagram
@ID_agram

#Novel #Antibiotics #Resistant #GramNegative #Bacteria #Management #Resistance
Novel Antibiotics ... Resistant Gram-negative ... ID_agram #Novel #Antibiotics ... GramNegative #Bacteria #Management
SAPHO Syndrome Summary

What?
SAPHO syndrome is a rare chronic inflammatory disorder of bone, joint, and skin characterized
• A clinical diagnosis ... affected areas and if negative ... syndrome with acne: antibiotics ... #Rheumatology #diagnosis ... #management #Dermatology
Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis
DIAGNOSTICS
Paracentesis: 
 • Calculate absolute PMN count (total WBC x PMN %)
 • Correct
Bacterial Peritonitis DIAGNOSTICS ... > ULN Culture-negative ... improved outcomes 1) Antibiotics ... Peritonitis #SBP #diagnosis ... #management #prophylaxis
Surgical Antibiotic Prophylaxis

- Dr. Eric Strong @DrEricStrong - Strong Medicine 

#Surgical #Antibiotics #Prophylaxis #Surgery #Pharmacology #Management
Surgical Antibiotic ... #Surgical #Antibiotics ... #Pharmacology #Management
Daptomycin  - Antibiotics Class Overview

Mechanism: Lipopeptide antibiotic – forms transmembrane channels and depolarizes cells.
Daptomycin - Antibiotics ... Mechanism: Lipopeptide antibiotic ... No gram negative ... #Pharmacology #Antibiotics