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IDSA Recommended antimicrobial regimens for treatment of patients with Lyme disease.

#Management #InfectiousDiseases #Antibiotics #LymeDisease #Treatment #Regimens
antimicrobial regimens for treatment ... patients with Lyme disease ... #Management #InfectiousDiseases ... #Antibiotics #LymeDisease ... #Treatment #Regimens
Antibiotics for Intraabdominal Infection. 
Use your local antimicrobial susceptibility data for selecting the best empiric treatment!
Antibiotics for ... patients with intra-abdominal ... antimicrobials #infectiousdiseases ... #management #pharmacology ... #treatment
IDSA Recommended therapy for patients with Lyme disease.

#Management #InfectiousDiseases #Antibiotics #LymeDisease #Treatment #Regimens #Duration #IDSA
patients with Lyme disease ... #Management #InfectiousDiseases ... #Antibiotics #LymeDisease ... #Treatment #Regimens
Emphysematous Cystitis
Epidemiology:
 • Usually middle-aged diabetic women
 • Other RF: neurogenic bladder, urinary tract outlet obstruction,
Abdominal or flank ... P May consider KUB ... or abdominal ultrasound ... : • Empiric antibiotics ... data • Early treatment
Cyclosporiasis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Pathogen: 
 • Cyclospora cayetanensis
 • Foodborne, waterbone, and soil-transmitted.
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Diagnosis and Management ... Egypt, sub-Saharan ... Flatulence, Fatigue, Abdominal ... Treatment: • TMP-SMX-DS ... #infectiousdiseases
CAPD-associated peritonitis (Continuous Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis) - 5 Things To Know
Diagnosis (Two of the following):
(1) Clinical
of peritonitis (abdominal ... diverticulitis) Treatment ... • Prophylactic antibiotics ... peritonitis #Diagnosis #Management ... #InfectiousDiseases
Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis
DIAGNOSTICS
Paracentesis: 
 • Calculate absolute PMN count (total WBC x PMN %)
 • Correct
signs (fever, abdominal ... improved outcomes 1) Antibiotics ... advanced liver disease ... SBP #diagnosis #management ... #prophylaxis #treatment
Alcoholic Hepatitis - Management Algorithm
Assess Eligibility for Treatment:
 - Maddrey Discriminant Function ≥ (or possibly MELD
Alcoholic Hepatitis - Management ... >20) - Obtain abdominal ... infection with chest x-ray ... - Concomitant diseases ... Alcoholic #Hepatitis #Management
Babesiosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary 
Disease: Release of merozoites from erythrocytes and associated loss of
Diagnosis and Management ... Treatment: • Immunocompetent ... Repeat course of antibiotic ... Babesia #Diagnosis #Management ... #microbiology #InfectiousDiseases
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
Pulmonary 3) Abdominal ... extrapulmonary disease ... or meningitic disease ... ) #Mycoses #InfectiousDiseases ... Fungal #Diagnosis #Management