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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. Ischemic Hepatitis and Septic Shock Secondary to Murine Typhus Infection in Pregnancy. The RUSH exam: Rapid Ultrasound in SHock in the evaluation of the critically lll.

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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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Except for patients with poor gut absorption or those with critical infectious processes such as septic shock or necrotizing fasciitis, this belief appears to be unfounded. Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America. 2019; 380(5):425-436.

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Diagnostics: Inflammatory Markers

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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].

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Imported Malaria

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Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease 44 (2021) 102196. Acute kidney injury is associated with impaired cognition and chronic kidney disease in a prospective cohort of children with severe malaria. 2019; 17: 98. 2019; 47(2): 183–193. falciparum parasitemia , and no other defined cause of AMS (WHO 2023).

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Two Big Changes in Community Acquired Pneumonia Treatment

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As a result, the 2019 guidelines from the Infectious Disease Society of America (IDSA) significantly rein in those patients who should receive empiric coverage for MRSA or P. An official clinical practice guideline of the American Thoracic Society and Infectious Diseases Society of America. aeruginosa.

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EM@3AM: Erysipelas

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However, it must be considered in toxic-appearing patients, those with prosthetic heart valves, artificial joints, or immunocompromised states Clinicians must keep a broad differential and consider other conditions such as necrotizing fasciitis, clostridial myonecrosis, compartment syndrome, toxic shock syndrome, etc. pneumoniae , S.

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The Latest in Critical Care, 7/10/23 (Issue #8)

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In the MERCY trial, 607 critically ill patients with sepsis (most with septic shock) at 26 hospitals in Croatia, Italy, Kazakhstan, and Russia were randomized to receive meropenem by either continuous (3 g / 24 hours) or intermittent administration (1 g every 8 hours). Read in Read in Clinical Infectious Diseases baumannii ).

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