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IDSA Algorithm for the Initial Management of Fever and Neutropenia

LOW RISK
 • Antidpated neutropenia < 7
of Fever and Neutropenia ... • Antidpated neutropenia ... • Anticipated neutropenia ... comorbidities #Neutropenia ... #neutropenic #fever
"Initial management of FEBRILE NEUTROPENIA. Adapted from the 2011 Infectious Diseases Society of America guidelines"-McMaster Textbook
of FEBRILE NEUTROPENIA ... EMPENDIUM #Neutropenia ... #Febrile #Fever ... #Neutropenic #Management ... #Algorithm #InfectiousDiseases
IDSA Algorithm for Neutropenic Fever - Initial Management, Subsequent Management and Prolonged Fever
Figure 1. Initial management
Algorithm for Neutropenic ... of fever and neutropenia ... • Antidpated neutropenia ... • Anticipated neutropenia ... #neutropenic #fever
Rodent-associated Bacterial infections: Leptospirosis, Rat-bite fever, Tularemia, Plague 

#rodent
#infections
#leptospirosis
#tularemia
#ratbitefever
#plague
#rats
#infectiousdisease
#fever
#differential
#diagnosis
#management
#treatment
#table
, Rat-bite fever ... plague #rats #infectiousdisease ... #fever #differential ... #diagnosis #management ... #treatment #table
Antibiotic Stewardship: Shorter is Better 
CAP 
HAP 
VAP 
Intra-abd 
Gram Neg Bacteremia 
AECB 
Cellulitis 
Osteo 
Septic
Septic Arthritis Neutropenic ... Fever - Dr. ... Antibiotics #Duration #EBM ... #Stewardship #InfectiousDiseases
Antibiotic Stewardship: Shorter is Better
CAP 3-5d = 5-14d
VAP 8d = 15d
Intra-abd 5 or 7d = 10
removal 28d = 42d Neutropenic ... Fever AFx72h = ... Antibiotics #Duration #EBM ... #Stewardship #InfectiousDiseases
Visceral Leishmaniasis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Species: Leishmania donovani, Leishmania infantum, Leishmania chagasi
Where: South Asia, East
Diagnosis and Management ... 2-6 months • Fever ... Lymphohistiocytosis • Anemia, Neutropenia ... #treatment #infectiousdiseases ... #microbiology
Aplastic Anemia - Overview

Who?
• M = F
• 3 peaks:	1) Childhood	2) 15-25 years	3) >60 years

What?
• Aplastic anemia
Toxic injury to BM ... Presentation: • Fever ... Difficulty breathing • Neutropenia ... recurrent infections/fevers ... hematology #diagnosis #management
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
Presentation: Fever ... Marrow - Anemia, neutropenia ... • Fever and weight ... diagnosis • Microbiologic ... differential #diagnosis #infectiousdiseases
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
Diabetes mellitus, neutropenia ... At risk: AIDS, neutropenia ... Immunosuppressed patients • Neutropenia ... ) #Mycoses #InfectiousDiseases ... Fungal #Diagnosis #Management