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Bacterial Meningitis - Causative Organisms and Treatment by Age Group

#Bacterial #Meningitis #Causes #Pathogens #Diagnosis #Management
Bacterial Meningitis ... Age Group #Bacterial ... #Meningitis #Causes ... #Pathogens #Diagnosis
Causes of Sore Throat / Rhinorrhea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Common viral pathogens: Rhinovirus, Coronavirus, Influenza virus,
Causes of Sore Throat ... Common viral pathogens ... HIV Most common bacterial ... pathogen: Group ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #causes
Gonorrhea: Pathophysiology

 - Neonatal Transmission -> Direct contact of patient mucosa with mother's infected mucosa while
cell surface -> Bacteria ... eradication of pathogen ... Pathogen cleared ... proteins and LPS on bacteria ... antibodies and causes
Pathogens Causing Bloody Diarrhea = SEECSY Mnemonic

SEECSY= Bloody diarrhea doesn’t sounds SEXY 
S = Salmonella
E =
Pathogens Causing ... JonathanBwalya/bacterial-diarrhea ... Sexy #Mnemonic #Pathogens ... #Hemorrhagic #Causes
In 80 percent of acute pyelonephritis cases, Escherichia coli is the responsible pathogen in women, although
pyelonephritis cases ... the responsible pathogen ... The spectrum of pathogens ... Pyelonephritis #Bacterial ... #Causes #Differential
My Patient with Infective Endocarditis (IE) Has Negative Blood Cultures
 - Did they receive antibiotics prior
therapy - Number one cause ... have a fastidious bacteria ... this be a non-bacterial ... pathogen?
Etiology of community acquired empyema determined by 16S rRNA sequencing. MRSA=meticillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus; MSSA=meticillin sensitive
al #Empyema #Pathogens ... InfectiousDisease #Causes ... #Bacterial #Causes
Infective endocarditis - etiology and sources of infection. 
 • Native and prosthetic 
valve endocarditis
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Endocarditis #Sources #Causes ... #Bacteria #Etiology ... Microbiology #Diagnosis #Pathogens
Septic Arthritis: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
Notes:
- Septic Arthritis is typically monoarticular & the knee is involved
involved in >50% of cases ... Microbiology: - Bacterial ... S.A. can also be caused ... non-gonnococcal pathogen
Blood Culture-Negative Infective Endocarditis (BCNIE)
Definition: No etiology found after 3 separate blood cultures remain negative for
recovery rate of bacteria ... highly fastidious bacteria ... intra-cellular bacteria ... but important causes ... PCR for specific pathogens