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Current guidelines for outpatient treatment of Community Acquired Pnemonia (CAP)

#Management #Outpatient #CAP #Community #Acquired #Pneumonia #Antibiotics
Current guidelines ... for outpatient treatment ... (CAP) #Management ... #Outpatient #CAP ... #Antibiotics #Treatment
Outpatient Treatment of with Community-Acquired Pneumonia (CAP)
No comorbidities or risk factors for MRSA or Pseudomonas aeruginosa:
Outpatient Treatment ... (CAP) No comorbidities ... #Antibiotics #Treatment ... #Regimen #Management ... #Guidelines #pharmacology
Chlamydial Infections - CDC 2021 Treatment Guidelines
Recommended Regimen:
 • Adults and adolescents: doxycycline 100 mg orally
Chlamydial Infections ... ophthalmia and pneumonia ... #CDC #CDC2021 # ... Treatment #Guidelines ... #Management #STI
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
Diagnosis and Management ... polymicrobial infection ... cause: Aspiration pneumonia ... for Klebsiella pneumonia ... Lung #Abscess #pulmonary
Community Acquired Pneumonia (CAP) - Diagnosis and Management

Pneumonia Signs/Symptoms:
 • Confusion/disorientation (LR + 1.9)
 • Cough
and Management ... 96.1% • Empiric antibiotic ... procalcitonin level Treatment ... #Management #treatment ... #Pulmonary #Community
Emphysematous Cystitis
Epidemiology:
 • Usually middle-aged diabetic women
 • Other RF: neurogenic bladder, urinary tract outlet obstruction,
present or signs of infection ... Coli, but can also ... clostridium, klebsiella pneumoniae ... : • Empiric antibiotics ... data • Early treatment
Hepatic Encephalopathy - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Definition:
 • Alteration in brain function manifested by neuropsychiatric symptoms
Diagnosis and Management ... Precipitants: Infection ... Polyethylene glycol can ... non-absorbable antibiotic ... colonic bacteria • Guidelines
Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome - Overview of IRIS

What Is IRIS?
	• A state of hyperinflammatory response that
TB IRIS which can ... Lymphadenitis, pulmonary ... cryptococcomas, cavitating pneumonia ... meningitis • Guidelines ... Differential #Diagnosis #Management
Amiodarone Induced Lung Toxicity Summary

Who?
• 5% of patients
• Dose ≥ 400 mg per day

How?  Possible
starting amiodarone treatment ... ) • Can rarely ... failure - Infectious ... macrophages Treatment ... #diagnosis #management
Probiotics Guidelines
Adults with C difficile infection
 • Recommendation: Only in the context of a clinical trial
Probiotics Guidelines ... with C difficile infection ... and children on antibiotic ... treatment • Recommendation ... recommendations #management