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Algorithm for the diagnosis of Necrotizing Infections #Diagnosis #Management #GenSurg #Microbiology #NecrotizingFasciitis #Myonecrosis #Necrotizing #SoftTissueInfection #Clostridium
NecrotizingFasciitis #Myonecrosis ... Clostridium #Pyogenes #Aureus
Evolution of Necrotizing Fasciitis or Myonecrosis #Pathophys #GenSurg #NecrotizingFasciitis #Myonecrosis #NEJM
Necrotizing Fasciitis or Myonecrosis ... NecrotizingFasciitis #Myonecrosis
Antibiotic Options for Treating MRSA Infections

PO: Doxycycline, Clindamycin, TMP-SMX, Linezolid
IV: Linezolid, Vancomycin, Ceftaroline, Daptomycin, Tigecycline

By Dr.
Antibiotics #MRSA #saureus ... #aureus #staph
Differential Diagnosis of Necrotizing Fasciitis: 

Cellulitis, 
Superficial abscess, 
Deep vein thrombosis 
(see phlegmasia cerulea dolerans), 
Compartment
Clostridial myonecrosis
Diabetic Myonecrosis (Diabetic Muscle Infarction)
 • Spontaneous ischemic necrosis of skeletal muscle (anterior thigh or calf)
Diabetic Myonecrosis ... #Diabetic #Myonecrosis
Acute Diarrhea - Differential Diagnostic Algorithm
Watery/Large Volume (Small Bowel)
 • Viral
 • Bacterial (e.g. C peffrjngens,
Predominant • Bacillus cereus ... Staphylococcus aureus
Endocarditis Algorithm - Infective vs Noninfective Causes
Noninfective:
 • Malignancy
 • Autoimmune disease
 • Systemic infection
Native Valve
Staphylococcus aureus ... Staphylococcus aureus ... Staphylococcus aureus ... Staphylococcus aureus
Microorganisms Responsible for Infective Endocarditis

Native valves:
 - Streptococcus viridans 
 - Enterococci 
 - Other streptococci
Staphylococcus aureus ... Staphylococcus aureus ... Staphylococcus aureus
Infectious Diarrhea - Laboratory Testing

Clostridium difficile
Salmonella enterica, Shigella spp, Campylobacter spp 
Salmonella enterica serovars Typhi and
Staphylococcus aureus ... perfringens Bacillus cereus ... , S. aureus Clostridium
Acute Diarrhea - Differential Diagnosis Framework
1)  Diagnostic studies only for dysentery, severe disease, >7 days
2)
perfingens, Staph aureus ... , Bacillus cereus