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Listeriosis Summary - Listeria Monocytogenes
Pathogen: Listeria Monocytogenes - Gram-positive rod, Aerobic, facultative anaerobe, motile, beta-hemolytic, Non-spore-forming
Risk
Non-spore-forming Risk ... pregnancy, Age > 65, PPI ... food, salad bar Clinical ... Gastroenteritis) • PCR ... Monocytogenes #diagnosis #management
Listeriosis Summary - Listeria Monocytogenes
Pathogen: Listeria Monocytogenes - Gram-positive rod, Aerobic, facultative anaerobe, motile, beta-hemolytic, Non-spore-forming
Risk
Non-spore-forming Risk ... pregnancy, Age > 65, PPI ... food, salad bar Clinical ... Gastroenteritis) • PCR ... Monocytogenes #diagnosis #management
Pneumonia Severity Index (PSI) as a site-of-care tool. BUN, blood urea nitrogen; CHF, chronic heart failure;
Index (PSI) as ... blood pressure #Management ... #EM #IM #Pneumonia ... #Risk #Stratification ... #PSI #PneumoniaSeverityIndex
Pneumonia Severity Index (PSI) as a site-of-care tool. BUN, blood urea nitrogen; CHF, chronic heart failure;
Index (PSI) as ... blood pressure #Management ... #EM #IM #Pneumonia ... #Risk #Stratification ... #PSI #PneumoniaSeverityIndex
Pneumonia Severity Index (PSI)  - The PSI was developed from an administrative data set of
Index (PSI) - ... The PSI was developed ... of populations #Management ... #EM #IM #Pneumonia ... #Risk #Stratification
Community Acquired Pneumonia (CAP) - Diagnosis and Management

Pneumonia Signs/Symptoms:
 • Confusion/disorientation (LR + 1.9)
 • Cough
Diagnosis and Management ... Egophony (May appear 1- ... Severity Index (PSI ... evidence) • PSI ... cultures/nasal PCR
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
> 1% risk of CV ... Change in clinical ... Recent PCI/stenting ... since elective PCI ... medical and surgical management
Anticoagulant Therapy after PCI (patients with AFib)
Dual-Therapy Preferred:
 • Triple therapy = increased bleeding
Therapy after PCI ... benefit after 1 ... all patients in clinical ... anticoagulation #PCI ... #pharmacology #management
CNS Infections - Viral Encephalitis and Bacterial Meningitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Viral Encephalitis:
MCC: Enteroviruses (e.g., coxsackievirus
: HSV 1): • Herpes ... simplex virus 1 ... virus • CMV • EBV ... • Common clinical ... meningitidis (40%) • Listeria
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
Diagnosis and Management ... • DM risk factor ... Pathophysiology: 1. ... Lung Abscess - Clinical ... Clindamycin in case of PCN