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Bacterial Meningitis - Causative Organisms and Treatment by Age Group

#Bacterial #Meningitis #Causes #Pathogens #Diagnosis #Management
Meningitis - Causative Organisms ... and Treatment by
Epididymitis - CDC 2021 Treatment Guidelines
Recommended Regimen:
 • For acute epididymitis most likely caused by sexually
Epididymitis - CDC 2021 Treatment ... gonorrhea, or enteric organisms ... caused by enteric organisms ... #CDC #CDC2021 #Treatment
Psittacosis 
Pathogen: Chlamydia psittaci - obligate intracellular gram negative
Transmission:
 • Birds are the primary reservoir
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Inhalation of organisms ... danger of aerosol) Treatment ... first line of treatment ... diagnosis #management #treatment
Tularemia - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Francisella tularensis - Aerobic fastidious gram-negative Coccobacillus - Zoonotic Infection
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inoculation of the organism ... Culture & GS, PCR Treatment ... diagnosis #management #treatment
Liver Abscess
•	Pyogenic abscess, accounts for 80% of abscess.
•	Amebic abscess due to Entamoeba histolytica, accounts for 10%.
•	Fungal
• Most common organisms ... abscess & antibiotic treatment ... cornerstones of treatment ... drainage- first-line treatment
Types of Renal Calculi

Calcium oxalate
 - Interstitial apatite plaque, Low urine volume, Increased urinary calcium excretion,
ammonia-producing organisms ... - Antiviral treatment
Diabetic foot infections (DFIs) is a common complication of longstanding diabetes, and it is associated with
common causative organisms ... follow antibiotic treatment ... antibiotic-resistant organisms
Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis (HLH)
Definition: Overwhelming clinical syndrome associated with excessive macrophage activation and cytokine storm due to
• Bicytopenia Treatment ... the suspected organism ... diagnosis #management #treatment
Suspected catheter-related bloodstream infection - Management Algorithm
 • Temperature 37.8 C   • Rigors
multidrug resistant organisms ... Hernodynamically stable after treatment
Empyema Necessitans (EN) on Chest Wall Physical Examination

Pulmonary teaching case: you are called to the bedside
certain invasive organisms ... Fusobacterium Treatment