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Table 3. Suggested Empiric Treatment Options for Clinically Suspected Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia in Units Where Empiric Methicillin-Resistant
Table 3. ... Suggested Empiric Treatment ... Options for Clinically ... Antipseudomonal/Gram-Negative ... InfectiousDiseases #Empiric #Antibiotics
Suspected catheter-related bloodstream infection - Management Algorithm
 • Temperature 37.8 C   • Rigors
infection - Management Algorithm ... Hemodynamically stable ... Hernodynamically stable ... after treatment ... infection #Management #Algorithm
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 ... Chalazion #Comparison #Table
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
Lung Abscess - Clinical ... once stable - ... hemorrhage • Treatment ... treatment until ... shows a small, stable
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
IDSA Algorithm for the Management of Purulent skin and soft tissue infections (SSTIs). 
Mild infection: for
IDSA Algorithm for ... drainage plus oral antibiotics ... treatment or those ... or those with clinical ... #SSTIs #Algorithm
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
importantly, bedside ultrasound ... & Dry) is the treatment ... have achieved negative ... #differential #algorithm ... #table #foamed
Acute Dacryocystitis- A 4-week-old boy was brought to the emergency department after having drainage from both
received intravenous antibiotic ... the first day of treatment ... cerebrospinal fluid were negative ... #NEJM #clinical