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Typical Recommendations for Antibiotic Duration for Common Bacterial Infections in Adults 

- Dr. Eric Strong @DrEricStrong
Recommendations for Antibiotic ... Common Bacterial Infections ... Strong Medicine #Antibiotics ... OrganSystem #Length #Pharmacology ... #Infection #Management
IDSA Aspergillosis Treatment
 • Invasive pulmonary aspergillosis (IPA)
 • CNS aspergillosis
 • Cardiac Aspergillus infection
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Aspergillosis Treatment ... Cardiac Aspergillus infection ... • Aspergillus infections ... Aspergillosis #Treatment ... #management #pharmacology
Antibiotics for Intraabdominal Infection. 
Use your local antimicrobial susceptibility data for selecting the best empiric treatment!
Antibiotics for ... Intraabdominal Infection ... intra-abdominal infections ... infectiousdiseases #management #pharmacology ... #treatment
Causes of Leukocytosis and Leukopenia - Differential Diagnosis
 • Eosinophilia (AEC > 500, hypereosinophilia > 1500):
Connective Tissue, Infections ... Lymphocytosis: Infection ... • Neutropenia: Infections ... • Monocytosis: Infection ... Diagnosis #causes #hematology
IDSA Treatment of Necrotizing Infections of the Skin, Fascia, and Muscle
 • Mixed infections
 • Streptococcus
Necrotizing Infections ... Muscle • Mixed infections ... #Necrotizing #Infections ... #management #antibiotics ... #pharmacology
Approach to Thrombocytosis - Elevated Platelet Count - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Peripheral Smear concerning for malignancy?
→ Refer to hematology ... TPO, TPO-RA • Infections ... : Chronic infections ... bacterial and viral infections ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #hematology
Clostridium Dificile Risk by Antibiotic Class

Pooled and study-specific risk estimates of community-associated CDI risk by antibiotic
Dificile Risk by Antibiotic ... community-associated CDI risk by antibiotic ... #CDifficile #Infection ... #Antibiotics #Association ... #Pharmacology #
Thrombocytosis - Differential Diagnosis
Platelet Count > 450
Reactive:
 • Anemia/blood loss (Fe deficiency)
 • Infection/Sepsis
 • Non-infectious
deficiency) • Infection ... Sepsis • Non-infectious ... (malignancy, rheumatologic ... causes #Platelets #hematology
Causes of Antibiotic Failure - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Diagnosis:
 • Non-Infectious: Malignant, Autoimmune, Drug-related (NMS, serotonin syndrome,
take 48 hrs for infections ... Predisposition to Infections ... rxn), Secondary infection ... Hospital-Acquired Infection ... 19 • Unrelated Infection
ACE Trial: Randomized controlled trial of Ceftriaxone and doxycycline, with or without metronidazole, for the treatment
ACE Trial: Randomized ... metronidazole, for the treatment ... febrilepodcast.com] #ID #Infectious ... Diseases #Infections ... metronidazole #antibiotics