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Recommendations for specific antimicrobial therapy in bacterial meningitis based on isolated pathogen and susceptibility testing.

#IDSA #Meningitis
based on isolated pathogen ... IDSA #Meningitis #Antibiotics ... Antimicrobial #Pathogens
Barriers and opportunities to integrating nurses in antibiotic stewardship #Nursing #AntibioticStewardship #Pathogens #MultidisciplinaryTeamApproach #Antibiotics
integrating nurses in antibiotic ... AntibioticStewardship #Pathogens ... MultidisciplinaryTeamApproach #Antibiotics
Suspected catheter-related bloodstream infection - Management Algorithm
 • Temperature 37.8 C   • Rigors
start empiric antibiotics ... Antibiotic Management ... quickly to empiric antibiotics ... after empiric antibiotics ... • Resistant pathogens
My Patient with Infective Endocarditis (IE) Has Negative Blood Cultures
 - Did they receive antibiotics prior
Did they receive antibiotics ... Decreased yield due to antibiotic ... non-bacterial pathogen
Infective endocarditis - etiology and sources of infection. 
 • Native and prosthetic 
valve endocarditis
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for TPN) and antibiotic ... Microbiology #Diagnosis #Pathogens
Asplenia Management
 • Key Pathogens: H. influenzae type b, Neisseria meningitidis, Capnocytophaga spp, Malaria, Babesia
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Management • Key Pathogens ... Seasonal flu • Antibiotic ... Emergency use antibiotic
1,3 Beta-D-Glucan and Galactomannan - Pathogens, and Testing Characteristics
1,3 ß-D-glucan:
 • Most fungi excluding mucor and
Galactomannan - Pathogens ... positives: Beta lactam antibiotics ... Galactomannan #Pathogens
Debridement and Management of Prosthetic Joint Infection (PJI)
Duration of symptoms <3 weeks OR  <30 days
tracts • Known pathogen ... Initial 6-12wk antibiotic ... - >2 week antibiotic ... surgical plan to antibiotic ... amputation - Antibiotic
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
Management: • Antibiotics ... Switch to oral antibiotics ... pneumonectomy if fail antibiotics ... weeks or continue antibiotic ... Lung Abscess Pathogens
Diabetic foot infections (DFIs) is a common complication of longstanding diabetes, and it is associated with
frequently co-pathogens ... chronic or follow antibiotic ... anaerobes may be co-pathogens ... Empiric antibiotic ... infection with antibiotic-resistant