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Clinical Conundrums: Should You Give the First Dose of Antibiotics IV Before Discharging Home on Oral Antibiotics?

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You decide she is stable to be discharged home on levofloxacin (See REBEL EM for antibiotic coverage in CAP ) but consider giving her a first dose intravenously. Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America. 2001; 111(5):367-74. 1997; 24(3):457-67.

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Fluoroquinolone Use In Children

Pediatric EM Morsels

From 2001 to 2009, in a pediatric hospital gram negative culture showed a drop in sensitivity to ciprofloxacin from 96% to 93%. BMC Infectious Disease. PMID: 29356761 The post Fluoroquinolone Use In Children appeared first on Pediatric EM Morsels. This was similarly seen with levofloxacin. Pediatr Infect Dis J.

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EM@3AM: Neurosyphilis

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We’ll keep it short, while you keep that EM brain sharp. Consultation with an infectious disease and neurology specialist can be considered to guide treatment and proper disposition. Consultation with laboratory or infectious disease experts is important in selecting appropriate diagnostic testing. Neurosyphilis.”

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Updates on Onchocerciasis: Approach to Diagnosis and Treatment

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Patients from endemic regions with signs and symptoms suggestive of onchocerciasis will require multidisciplinary consultation, including ophthalmology, dermatology, and infectious disease. 0000000000000483 Opoku NO, Bakajika DK, Kanza EM, et al. Contributed by Ian Murdoch and Allen Foster. Image source: 1. Murdoch I, Foster A.