Uncomplicated Staph Aureus Bacteremia No evidence of endocarditis No prosthetic device No evidence of metastatic infection Defervescence after 72 hours…
Vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) first appeared in Europe during the 1980s. It rapidly spread to North America by the 1990s. Susceptibility:…
A common infectious disease question is what organism(s) is associated with different kinds of bites. Cat Bites: Pasteurella multocida Dog…
Piperacillin/tazobactam is a commonly used antibiotic with tolerable side effects and broad antimicrobial activity in general practice. Rare side-effects can…
Fat stranding is a term used to describe increased (abnormal) attenuation of fat on CT scan typically. It is suggestive…
Neisseria meningitidis (Gram-negative cocci) life threatening cause of sepsis and bacterial meningitis. Classically, individuals who lack terminal complement proteins (C5-C9)…
Asymptomatic Bacteriuria can be defined as a positive urine culture (Two consecutive clean-catch voided urine specimens of at least 100,000…
Controversy surrounds the use of antibiotics in the treatment of enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC) infections due to concerns about triggering…
The Jarisch-Herxheimer reaction is commonly seen in the first 24 hours of treatment and is characterized by low-grade fever, chills,…
Studies have demonstrated that patients with pneumococcal meningitis had reduced mortality (14 versus 34 percent placebo) and hearing loss (ototoxicity)…
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