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Recommendations for specific antimicrobial therapy in bacterial meningitis based on isolated pathogen and susceptibility testing.

#IDSA #Meningitis
based on isolated pathogen ... Antimicrobial #Pathogens
Fungal Biomarkers: Comparing Beta-D-Glucan and Aspergillus Galactomannan
Beta-D-Glucan:
 • Polysaccharide cell wall component of many fungi
 •
many fungi • Pathogens ... Aspergillus • Other Pathogens ... cell walls • Pathogens ... Aspergillus • Other Pathogens ... diagnosis #comparison #microbiology
Key Pathogens to Consider in Asplenia
 - Encapsulated bacteria
    • S. pneumoniae
Key Pathogens to ... holmesii #Asplenia #Pathogens ... #microbiology #
Inflammatory Cascade: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
Continued Innate Immunity
 • Phagocytosis: (main mechanism) neutrophils and macrophages engulf
engulf foreign pathogens ... System: opsonize pathogen
Respiratory pathogen transmission routes
AEROSOL
 • Solid or liquid particles suspended in air or a gas that
Respiratory pathogen ... settle Aerosol Transmissible ... Pathogens: • ... #Respiratory #pathogen
Infective endocarditis - etiology and sources of infection. 
 • Native and prosthetic 
valve endocarditis
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#Differential #Microbiology ... #Diagnosis #Pathogens
Pathogens in Pneumonia

Here is a quick review of the pathogens causing pneumonia (useful for enumerating differentials
Pathogens in Pneumonia ... review of the pathogens ... @ID_agram #Pathogens ... #Differential #Microbiology
Nocardiosis - Nocardia spp
Pathogen: Filamentous gram-positive branching rod, grows in acid fast staining and anaerobic conditions
Clinical
Nocardia spp Pathogen ... diagnosis #management #microbiology
Reproductive Number (R0 "R Naught") showing how contagious / transmissible a pathogen is.  The R0
how contagious / transmissible ... a pathogen is.
Hepatic Abscess: Microbiology
Common Pathogens: E. Coli, K. pneumoniae, Staphylococcus aureus, Streptococcus pyogenes
Rare pathogens that can cause
Hepatic Abscess: Microbiology ... Common Pathogens ... pyogenes Rare pathogens ... Hepatic #Abscess #Microbiology