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Persistent UC Symptoms Despite 5-ASA Therapies
 • Assess for Drug Adherence
 • Disease Activity Assessment (bloody
) • FCP, CRP, Colonoscopy ... Infection, Cdiff Mild Colitis ... CAMs (curcumin, probiotic ... Treatment Mod/Severe Colitis ... #Ulcerative #Colitis
Diarrhea Workup and Management Algorithm in Transplant Patients
First Tier Microbiologic-Testing:
1. C. difficile PCR (Stool)
2. CMV qPCR
Patients First Tier Microbiologic-Testing ... pathogens First Tier Microbiologic-Testing ... Colonoscopy +/- ... Empiric therapy with probiotic ... Transplant #diagnosis #differential
Infographic of common causes of acute otitis media and resistance mechanisms of these bacteria. 
Streptococcus pneumoniae
Haemophilus
causes of acute otitis ... PenicillinBindingProtein #Resistance #microbiology ... #differential #
Antibiotics used for the Treatment of Pseudomonas Aeruginosa in Adults
 • Penicillin-beta-lactamase combinations: Piperacillin-tazobactam, Ticarcillin-clavulanate
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• Polymyxins: Colistin ... #Antibiotics #pharmacology ... #microbiology #
General Bacterial Antibiogram - Antibiotics and Spectrum of Coverage
Make sure you consult your local antibiogram!
VRE -
fosfomycin - colistin ... Susceptibilities #Pharmacology ... #Microbiology
Causes of Toxic Megacolon - Differential Diagnosis Framework
 • Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Ulcerative colitis, Crohn's colitis
Toxic Megacolon - Differential ... Disease: Ulcerative colitis ... , Crohn's colitis ... Overdistension at colonoscopy ... Toxic #Megacolon #Differential
Enteric E.coli
EnteroPathogenic E. coli (EPEC) - Diarrhoea in children
EnteroHaemorrhagic E. coli (EHEC) - Haemorrhagic colitis HUS
EnteroToxigenic
- Haemorrhagic colitis ... strains #virulence #microbiology ... strains #diagnosis #differential
Solid Organ Transplant - Diarrhea - Diagnostic and Workup Algorithm
1st Tier Microbiologic Testing: CDiff (stool), CMV
Algorithm 1st Tier Microbiologic ... pathogens 2nd Tier Microbiologic ... medications 2) Colonoscopy ... Empiric Therapy with probiotic
Diarrhea with Normal Colonoscopy
 • Colonic: Bile acid malabsorption, Microscopic colitis, Overflow diarrhoea, Missed pathology
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Diarrhea with Normal Colonoscopy ... malabsorption, Microscopic colitis ... drkeithsiau #Diarrhea #differential
Carbapenem Resistant Organisms - Antibiogram
KPC-producer, NDM-producer, OXA-48-like-producer, Carbapenem-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii, Stenotrophomonas maltophilia
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Polymyxin B or Colistin ... #Antibiogram #microbiology ... #pharmacology