8 results
Predicting an anatomically and/or physiologically challenging airway is not a straightforward task by any stretch of
rule, Mallampati score ... prediction models only focus ... criteria (Hypoxemia ... #Diagnosis #EM # ... PCC #Heaven #Criteria
The algorithm below shows how pre-test probability could be combined with various criteria to determine which
short course of treatment ... -HSV-PCR is generally ... provide empiric treatment ... awaiting an HSV PCR ... on the basis of CSF
Listeriosis Summary - Listeria Monocytogenes
Pathogen: Listeria Monocytogenes - Gram-positive rod, Aerobic, facultative anaerobe, motile, beta-hemolytic, Non-spore-forming
Risk
beta-hemolytic, Non-spore-forming ... Risk Factors: ... Gastroenteritis) • PCR ... Invasive disease) • CSF ... infectiousdiseases #treatment
Listeriosis Summary - Listeria Monocytogenes
Pathogen: Listeria Monocytogenes - Gram-positive rod, Aerobic, facultative anaerobe, motile, beta-hemolytic, Non-spore-forming
Risk
beta-hemolytic, Non-spore-forming ... Risk Factors: ... Gastroenteritis) • PCR ... Invasive disease) • CSF ... infectiousdiseases #treatment
Lyme Disease - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lyme Disease Epidemiology:
- Spirochete
- Reservoir: small mammals & birds
- Transmitted
stiff neck - Sore ... Meningococcal-radiculitis - Meningitis ... LP-CSF: lymphocytic ... cefotaxime or PCN ... #Management #treatment
Cryptococcal meningitis on T2 MRI
30 M from sub-Saharan Africa presents w/ progressive Headache x1 mo, +neck
Diagnosis? ... Standard treatment ... costs >$2,000 per ... performed, relative risk ... risk of death if
Blastomycosis Summary

Pathogen: 
 • Dimorphic fungus - Blastomyces dermatitidis or Blastomyces gilchristii.
 • The fungus lives
such as wood and leaves ... Nelson River Risk ... adjacent to the focus ... • CNS (1%): Meningitis ... pleural fluid, BAL, CSF
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
MUCORMYCOSIS • Risk ... Encapsulated yeast • At risk ... transplantation • MCC ... infection (~40%) • Meningitis ... with infection have