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Thank you all for the enthusiasm! #WeAreID #IDTwitter #IDfellows
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36F w/ fever for 6 days after the day of returning from Manzini, Eswatini. Stayed there 15 days, visited rural fields. Also, weakness, myalgia, night sweats, sore throat
What is your approach?
Thank you all for the enthusiasm! #WeAreID #IDTwitter #IDfellows
#IDTweetorial
36F w/ fever for 6 days after the day of returning from Manzini, Eswatini. Stayed there 15 days, visited rural fields. Also, weakness, myalgia, night sweats, sore throat
What is your approach?
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Many approaches possible.
Check out this amazing tweetorial by @BoggildLab
1⃣ Common things being common: In addition to RTI, gastroenteritis, SSTI, UTI/STI, DO NOT want to miss: MDRT (malaria, dengue, rickettsial infections, typhoid fever)
Many approaches possible.
Check out this amazing tweetorial by @BoggildLab
1⃣ Common things being common: In addition to RTI, gastroenteritis, SSTI, UTI/STI, DO NOT want to miss: MDRT (malaria, dengue, rickettsial infections, typhoid fever)
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Or this great video tutorial by @EvelynSongMD and @CPSolvers
clinicalproblemsolving.com/%20dx-schema-f…
2⃣Beware of transmissible infections➡️infection prevention: Ebola, Marburg, Lassa, TB, MERS, SARS, Influenza
Or this great video tutorial by @EvelynSongMD and @CPSolvers
clinicalproblemsolving.com/%20dx-schema-f…
2⃣Beware of transmissible infections➡️infection prevention: Ebola, Marburg, Lassa, TB, MERS, SARS, Influenza
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First #IDtweetorial
65M w/persistent MRSA bacteremia on day 4 of Vancomycin. Last Vanc trough 18.7. MRSA is Vanco Susc.
Primary team asking to change therapy.
What would you do? (Poll)
Let’s review some of the evidence to guide our decision
#IDTwitter #IDfellows
First #IDtweetorial
65M w/persistent MRSA bacteremia on day 4 of Vancomycin. Last Vanc trough 18.7. MRSA is Vanco Susc.
Primary team asking to change therapy.
What would you do? (Poll)
Let’s review some of the evidence to guide our decision
#IDTwitter #IDfellows
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First, what is considered persistent bacteremia?
In a frequently cited study, bacteremia in pts w/MRSA IE lasted a median of 7d w/Vanco, w/ no unusual complications
This led to believe that slow clearance was usual for some cases of MRSA IE
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First, what is considered persistent bacteremia?
In a frequently cited study, bacteremia in pts w/MRSA IE lasted a median of 7d w/Vanco, w/ no unusual complications
This led to believe that slow clearance was usual for some cases of MRSA IE
bit.ly/2PDQ4wl
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However, recent studies have shown significant increased risk in mortality and metastatic complications after 3 days of bacteremia.
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However, recent studies have shown significant increased risk in mortality and metastatic complications after 3 days of bacteremia.
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