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EM@3AM: Murine Typhus

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Flea-Borne Typhus: Epidemiology Summary 2013-2019. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Clinical Infectious Diseases , vol. Rosh Review Website Link References: Texas Department of State Health Services. Flea-Borne Typhus. Accessed August 19, 2024. California Department of Public Health. Accessed August 19, 2024.

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Spring 2019: Healthcare Updates to Know

Advanced Medical Reviews

percent growth in 2019. Department of Health and Human Services recently released a report addressing the country’s ability to address threats in the following areas: extreme weather and natural disasters, pandemic and infectious diseases, technology and cyber threats and chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear threats.

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Fluoroquinolone Use In Children

Pediatric EM Morsels

Etminan 2019) In Belgium between 2010 – 2013, of the 262 children treated with fluroquinolones while hospitalized, only 17% were used for labelled indications. BMC Infectious Disease. Nearly 400,000 prescriptions were written and 22% were found to be inappropriate based on clinical guidelines. Clin Pediatr. 55(2):107-10.

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

RebelEM

This finding persists when looking at a number of other infections including skin and soft tissue infections (SSTI) ( First10EM ), pyelonephritis ( Strohmeier 2014 ) and even bone and joint infections ( Li 2019 ). Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America.

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Choosing Wisely – Radiographs in children with respiratory symptoms

Don't Forget the Bubbles

2019 Aug 1;173(8):801]. 2019.1439 Amir Kirolos and others, A Systematic Review of Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Management of Bronchiolitis, The Journal of Infectious Diseases , Volume 222, Issue Supplement_7, 1 November 2020, Pages S672–S679, [link] Frazier SB, Walls C, Jain S, Plemmons G, Johnson DP.

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The Mycoplasma Comeback: Why This Atypical Pneumonia is Back – A PEMCurrents Podcast

PEMBlog

Clin Infect Dis 2019; 68:13. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention , Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 18 Oct. 2024 Dec;56(1):2386636. doi: 10.1080/07853890.2024.2386636. Epub 2024 Aug 3. PMID: 39097794; PMCID: PMC11299444. Mycoplasma pneumoniae as a Cause of Community-Acquired Pneumonia in Children.

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Diagnostics: Inflammatory Markers

Taming the SRU

The 2019 Journal of Arthroplasty practice guidelines to screen for periprosthetic joint infections recommend using ESR at 30mm/hr and CRP at 10mg/L, citing pooled sensitivities and specificities ranging from 75%-86% and 70-72.3%, respectively, for ESR and 88% and 73-74%, respectively, for CRP [32].