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Rapidly Growing Mycobacterial Infections

 • Mycobacterium abscessus - Is the most pathogenic and the most likely
Mycobacterial Infections ... cause pulmonary infection ... Primary skin and soft ... tissue infections ... other site of infection
Common Encountered Infections by Location

 • Skin and Soft Tissue Infections
 • Pneumonia
 • Intra-abdominal Infections
Common Encountered Infections ... • Skin and Soft ... Tissue Infections ... Intra-abdominal Infections ... • UTI #infections
Acute bacterial skin and soft tissue infections (SSTIs)

#skin #softtissue #infections #cellulitis #infectiousdiseases #management #treatment #diagnosis #sstis
bacterial skin and soft ... tissue infections ... skin #softtissue #infections
Infective endocarditis - etiology and sources of infection. 
 • Native and prosthetic 
valve endocarditis
 •
and sources of infection ... endocarditis • Soft ... tissue infections
IDSA - Antimicrobial Therapy for Staphylococcal and Streptococcal Skin and Soft Tissue Infections
 • Impetigo (Staphylococcus
Streptococcal Skin and Soft ... Tissue Infections ... Streptococcal skin infections ... Skin #SoftTissue #Infections
IDSA Algorithm for the Management of Purulent skin and soft tissue infections (SSTIs). 
Mild infection: for
Purulent skin and soft ... tissue infections ... Mild infection: ... Moderate infection ... Severe infection
Carbapenems - Antibiotics Class Overview

Imipenem/Cilastin, Meropenem, Ertapenem, Doripenem 

Spectrum: Broadest spectrum antibiotics, cover Gram positive, Gram
: many serious infections ... intraabdominal infections ... complicated skin and soft ... tissue infections
Tigecycline (IV) - Antibiotics Class Overview

Mechanism: Glycylcycline class - structurally related to Tetracyclines (bacteriostatic).  Only
intraabdominal infections ... , skin/soft tissue ... infections, and
Linezolid (Zyvox) (PO and IV) - Antibiotics Class Overview

Mechanism: Oxazolidinone class –unique ribosomal inhibitor (acts on
Used for: skin/soft ... titssue infections ... suspected MRSA, VRE infections
Common Infections in a Hospitalized Patient - GRUBS-C Mnemonic

G - GI (-itis): Cholecystitis, Pancreatitis, Peritonitis, Appendicitis,
Common Infections ... Abscess S - Skin / Soft ... Encephalitis #Infections