EMDocs

OCTOBER 5, 2024

Disposition Patients with complicated UTI, pyelonephritis, bacteremia, or other ESBL-E infections should be admitted for IV antibiotic treatment and would benefit from Infectious Disease consultation. Consider Infectious Disease consultation prior to any potential discharges. Microb Drug Resist 2011; 17:267.

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RebelEM

MAY 15, 2024

Read More: Infectious Disease Society of America 2010 Clinical Practice Guidelines Life in the Fast Lane: Febrile Neutropaenia Uptodate: overview of neutropenic fever syndromes EMRAP: Risk stratification of neutropenic fever MDCalc: MASCC Score MDCalc: CISNE Score References: Ahn S, Rice TW, Yeung SJ, Cooksley T. Warnick, J.,

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Pediatric EM Morsels

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

2011-3798 Borowsky IW, Taliaferro LA, McMorris BJ. Cappelli M, Gray C, Zemek R, et al. The HEADS-ED: a rapid mental health screening tool for pediatric patients in the emergency department. Pediatrics. 2012;130(2):e321-e327. doi:10.1542/peds.2011-3798 Journal of Adolescent Health 2013; 53:S4-S12.

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EMDocs

MAY 29, 2023

Available from: [link] (11) Berbari EF, Kanj SS, Kowalski TJ, Darouiche RO, Widmer AF, Schmitt SK, Hendershot EF, Holtom PD, Huddleston PM 3rd, Petermann GW, Osmon DR, Infectious Diseases Society of America. The Open Infectious Disease Journal. 2011 Apr;40(4):428-31. Clin Infect Dis. 2015 Sep 15;61(6):e26-46.

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Don't Forget the Bubbles

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

The 2020 Australian guideline for prevention, diagnosis and management of acute rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease. Randel A, Infectious Disease Society of America. 2011 Aug;16(8):995–1006. British Thoracic Society guidelines for the management of community acquired pneumonia in children: update 2011.

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EB Medicine

JANUARY 2, 2019

Per a 2010 and 2011 Cochrane review, there is not evidence to recommend one antibiotic over another, so let your local antibiograms guide your treatment. Nachi: And this trial specifically examined the utility of nitrofurantoin. Jeff: In general, amoxicillin or cephalexin for a full 7 day course could also be perfectly appropriate.

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PEMBlog

JANUARY 17, 2024

2011 Mar;127(3):e573-80. Epub 2011 Feb 21. Clinical practice guidelines by the infectious diseases society of america for the treatment of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections in adults and children. Clin Infect Dis 2011; 52:e18. Pediatrics. doi: 10.1542/peds.2010-2053. Pallin, William D.

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ALiEM

JUNE 5, 2023

Anthrax is a serious infectious disease caused by gram positive, rod shaped, bacteria known as Bacillus anthracis [1]. Patients suspected of having anthrax should have their disposition and treatment determined in conjunction with your Infectious Disease specialists and your state health department. 2011 Dec;1(6):496-501.

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Pediatric EM Morsels

OCTOBER 6, 2023

2011 May 26:342:d2978. Diagnosis of Enteric Fever. Pediatr Inf Dis 2021; 3 (4):165-169. 10.5005/jp-journals-10081-1323 Zwar N, Torda A. Investigation of diarrhoea in a traveller just returned from India. PMID: 21622512 The post Typhoid Fever in Children appeared first on Pediatric EM Morsels.

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Don't Forget the Bubbles

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

Adapted from: Byington et al (2015, Clinical Infectious Disease, [link] ) When to think about primary immunodeficiency? Clinical features that identify children with primary immunodeficiency diseases. Pediatrics 2011; 127: 810–816. Allergy Asthma Immunol Res 2013; 5: 88–95. Subbarayan A, Colarusso G, Hughes SM, et al.

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ALiEM

DECEMBER 20, 2024

Red Book: 2015 Report of the Committee on Infectious Diseases. 2011 Feb;40(2):167-9. In: Kimberlin DW, Brady MT, Jackson MA, Long SS, eds. Elk Grove Village, IL: American Academy of Pediatrics; 2015:432445. Studdiford JS, Valko GP, Belin LJ, Stonehouse AR. Eczema herpeticum: making the diagnosis in the emergency department.

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Don't Forget the Bubbles

MARCH 17, 2025

The Global Impact of Scabies Scabies affects around 100 million people globally at any given time, placing it in the top 50 infectious diseases in terms of disability-adjusted life years. Its impact exceeds that of diseases like dengue fever. the elderly in care homes and children bed-sharing). Ziehfreund, S. and Zink, A.,

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Mind The Bleep

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

Pathophysiology and burden of infection in patients with diabetes mellitus and peripheral vascular disease: focus on skin and soft-tissue infections. Clinical microbiology and infection: the official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, 21 Suppl 2, S27–S32. link] Chu, D.

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EMDocs

NOVEMBER 2, 2024

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. 2011 Jul;33(5):433-60. Available from: [link] Hamill, Matthew M et al.

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EMDocs

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

Patients from endemic regions with signs and symptoms suggestive of onchocerciasis will require multidisciplinary consultation, including ophthalmology, dermatology, and infectious disease. Published online October 2011:1479. 2005.11.008 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.). J Infect Dis. Clin Ophthalmol.

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