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Acute bacterial skin and soft tissue infections (SSTIs)

#skin #softtissue #infections #cellulitis #infectiousdiseases #management #treatment #diagnosis #sstis
softtissue #infections #cellulitis ... #infectiousdiseases ... #management #treatment
Antibiotic Stewardship: Shorter is Better 
CAP 
HAP 
VAP 
Intra-abd 
Gram Neg Bacteremia 
AECB 
Cellulitis 
Osteo 
Septic
Bacteremia AECB Cellulitis ... Osteo Septic Arthritis ... #Stewardship #InfectiousDiseases
Antibiotics for Cellulitis

 • Treatment duration
 • When to give antibiotics for abscesses
 • When to
Antibiotics for Cellulitis ... SarahFoohey #Cellulitis ... Antibiotics #Treatment #Management ... #Skin #InfectiousDiseases
Septic Arthritis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Clinical Exam: hot, swollen, pain with passive AND active ROM
Septic Arthritis ... Diagnosis and Management ... malaise Ddx: cellulitis ... disease, viral arthritis ... #Diagnosis #Management
Antibiotic Stewardship: Shorter is Better
CAP 3-5d = 5-14d
VAP 8d = 15d
Intra-abd 5 or 7d = 10
Sinusitis ≤5d = ≥7d Cellulitis ... = 84d Septic Arthritis ... #Stewardship #InfectiousDiseases
Septic Sterno-Clavicular Arthritis: Inked line delineates extent of associated cellulitis.

Charlie Goldberg, M.D. - UCSD Catalog of
Sterno-Clavicular Arthritis ... of associated cellulitis ... Sternoclavicular #Septic #Cellulitis ... #SkinRash #UCSDH
Capnocytophaga
Pathogen: Capnocytophaga
 • 9 species, C. canimorsus responsible for the majority of infections
 • Gram-negative rod,
Mortality 30-50% • Cellulitis ... Endocarditis, Septic arthritis ... microbiology #zoonotic #infectiousdiseases ... #diagnosis #management
Disseminated Gonococcal Infection - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Bacteremic spread of the Gram-negative diplococci Neisseria gonorrhoeae. History
Diagnosis and Management ... Syphilis Arthritis-Dermatitis ... Painless) Purulent Arthritis ... gonorrhea #Diagnosis #Management ... #Microbiology #InfectiousDiseases
Gout - Diagnosis and Management Summary

3 Conditions for Gout to Manifest:
1. Hyperuricemia
2. Monosodium urate deposition in
Diagnosis and Management ... frequent attacks • Arthritis ... tissue involvement (cellulitis ... Gout #diagnosis #management
Legionnaires' Disease
Clinical features:
 • Gl- nausea, vomiting, diarrhea
 • Hyponatremia
 • Elevated transaminases
 • CRP >100
Extra-pulmonary: cellulitis ... , septic arthritis ... Disease #diagnosis #management