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Acute bacterial skin and soft tissue infections (SSTIs)

#skin #softtissue #infections #cellulitis #infectiousdiseases #management #treatment #diagnosis #sstis
Acute bacterial skin ... infections (SSTIs) #skin ... #softtissue #infections ... #cellulitis #infectiousdiseases ... #management #treatment
IDSA Algorithm for the Management of Purulent skin and soft tissue infections (SSTIs). 
Mild infection: for
Management of Purulent skin ... erysipelas with no focus ... oral antibiotic treatment ... such as bullae, skin ... #softtissue #infections
Coccidiomycosis - Diagnosis
Diagnosis:
 • Mildly elevated peripheral WBC, Eosinophilia (25%), Elevated ESR, Procalcitonin normal (95%)
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trend response to treatment ... BAL (Washings are ... Meninges, skeleton, skin ... Blood & CSF (Cocci Ag ... Diagnosis #workup #infectiousdiseases
Large abscess confirmed with POCUS, making I&D safer. Beside to scan beyond the border to make
confirmed with POCUS ... Add this to your POCUS ... these patients are ... fail outpatient treatment ... TomJelic #Abscess #softtissue
"Scrotal Pain + Uganda:Almost never see it in the developed world unless you are like this
world unless you are ... Those are not blood ... some experimental treatment ... Medicine #Clinical #POCUS ... #Urology #InfectiousDiseases
Blastomycosis Summary

Pathogen: 
 • Dimorphic fungus - Blastomyces dermatitidis or Blastomyces gilchristii.
 • The fungus lives
Pneumonia • Skin ... adjacent to the focus ... BAL, CSF, urine, Skin ... 2) Culture 3) Ag ... #infectiousdiseases
Coccidioidomycosis (Valley Fever) - Diagnosis and Management Summary

WHAT?
 • Coccidioidomycosis due to Coccidioides immitis or Coccidioides
include: • Older age ... system (CNS) • skin ... TREATMENT: Clinically ... disease generally are ... Diagnosis #Management #infectiousdiseases
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
blood vessels are ... osteomyelitis or skin ... organism into the skin ... Mouth, throat, skin ... ) #Mycoses #InfectiousDiseases