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Typical Recommendations for Antibiotic Duration for Common Bacterial Infections in Adults 

- Dr. Eric Strong @DrEricStrong
Duration for Common Bacterial ... Infections in Adults ... Antibiotics #Durations #Bacteria ... OrganSystem #Length #Pharmacology ... #Infection #Management
Cauda Equina Syndrome Overview

Cauda Equina Syndrome:
 • Prevalence: 1:33,000-100,000 ppl/yr
 • Incidence: 1.5-3.4 million ppl/yr
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epidural hematoma • infections ... infection/abscess ... bulbocavernosus reflex ... wink test - reflex ... diagnosis #causes #neurology
Adjuvant therapies in critical care: steroids to treat infectious diseases
 - Severe Community Acquired Pneumonia
steroids to treat infectious ... Typhoid fever - Bacterial ... InfectiousDiseases #Infections ... #Pharmacology # ... Management #Treatment
IDSA Recommendations for Preventing and Treating Bacterial Enteric Infections in HIV-AIDS
Preventing Bacterial Enteric Illness:
 • Antimicrobial
Enteric Infections ... Clostridium difficile Infection ... Prevention #Treatment #management ... opportunistic #infections ... #HIVAIDS #pharmacology
Spinal Cord Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Spinal cord neurological lesion:
Clinical findings:
 • Symptoms and signs below
Spinal Cord Disorders ... Infections: - ... Neurocysticercosis - Bacterial ... dysfunction • Abnormal reflexes ... disorders #diagnosis #neurology
Lesions of the Spinal cord - Spinal Cord Syndromes

Spinal cord lesions can result in permanent neurologic
result in permanent neurologic ... Infarction - Infection ... involved) - Tendon reflex ... in deep tendon reflexes ... differential #diagnosis #neurology
Ear Pain (Otalgia) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Primary Otalgia 
 - Pain that originates from the ear
externa - Caused by bacterial ... roots—cervical spine ... Gastroesophageal reflux ... gastroesophageal reflux ... nasal, cervical spine
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
Direct microbial infection ... Injury to the spinal ... Spasticity - Reflexes ... Myelitis #diagnosis #management ... #neurology #differential
Helicobacter Pylori (H. pylori) Infection - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook
Presentation: Dyspepsia / Peptic Ulcer
Pylori (H. pylori) Infection ... Diagnosis and Management ... Microbiology: • spiral ... gram negative bacterium ... differentiate past infection
Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS)
Acute autoimmune demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness
Epidemiology:
 • Incidence: 1
depressed deep tendon reflexes ... axonal • MRI - Spinal ... the intrathecal spinal ... Syndrome #diagnosis #management ... #neurology