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Antibiotics for Intraabdominal Infection. 
Use your local antimicrobial susceptibility data for selecting the best empiric treatment!
Antibiotics for ... Use your local antimicrobial ... AAST 2021 global clinical ... #antimicrobials ... infectiousdiseases #management #pharmacology
Considerations for progression of disease while on antimicrobial therapy:
 - Source Control?
 - Wrong bug?
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- Wrong diagnosis ... Sara Dong @swinndong ... #antibiotics #checklist ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #Management #Antibiotics
Positive Lachman test in ACL Injury

Here is an exam of a patient under anesthesia with an
Lachman test in ACL ... looseness of the knee during ... That causes the ... knee to buckle during ... Positive #ACLTear #clinical
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Drug-Induced Seizures - OTIS-CAMPBELL

O - Organophosphate, oral hypoglycemics, opioid
T - TCA, theophylline
I - Isoniazid, Insulin
S -
anticholinergics, amantadine, antibiotics ... /insecticides, PCP ... Seizures #Medication #Causes ... #Differential #Pharmacology ... #Diagnosis #OTISCAMPBELL
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
• Most common cause ... Lung Abscess - Clinical ... of PCN allergy ... Switch to oral antibiotics ... #differential #causes
CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
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- Differential Diagnosis ... should be based on clinical ... with appropriate antimicrobial ... therapy • Antimicrobial ... Demyelinating disease caused
Blood Culture-Negative Infective Endocarditis (BCNIE)
Definition: No etiology found after 3 separate blood cultures remain negative for
administration of antimicrobials ... , clinical course ... but important causes ... BCNIE Diagnostic ... #Endocarditis #diagnosis
Tree in Bud Sign
The Tree-in-Bud sign represents Endobronchial spread in a linear branching pattern and centrilobular
It is caused by ... actually seen in all causes ... Devpriyo Pal @drdevrad ... TreeInBud #Sign #diagnosis ... #clinical #radiology
Common Medications Known to Prolong QTc
Antiarrhythmics - Amiodarone, sotalol, flecainide, quinidine, dronedarone, dofetilide
Vasopressors/inotropes - Epinephrine, norepinephrine,
, venlafaxine Antibiotics ... #Medications #Causes ... #differential #diagnosis ... #pharmacology #
A 50 yo F with a history of poor dentition presents to the ED with fever
already seen her PCP ... of outpatient antibiotics ... What's the diagnosis ... Diagnosis: Cavitary ... lung abscess #Clinical