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The Infectious Diseases Society
of America (IDSA) and American Thoracic Society (ATS) issued updated clinical
practice guidelines for community-acquired pneumonia (CAP).Community-acquired pneumonia
(CAP), an infection of the lung parenchyma that occurs in persons outside of a
hospital setting, is associated with high morbidity and mortality.&nb...
NICE guidelines:Take Home MessagesDo not offer an antibiotic
for preventing or treating Pneumonia if SARS-CoV-2, another virus, or a fungal
infection is likely to be the cause.Evidence as of March 2021
suggests that bacterial co-infection occurs in less than about 8% of people
with COVID-19, and could be as low as 0.1% in people in hospital wit...
NICE guidelines:Antibiotic treatment in the communityRecommendationsDo not offer an antibiotic for
preventing secondary bacterial pneumonia in people with COVID 19. If a person has suspected or
confirmed secondary bacterial pneumonia, start antibiotic treatment as soon as
possible. Advise people to seek medical help
without delay if their sympt...
From The Journal of Infectious Diseases and
The British Medical Journal:
Sepsis mortality has improved
following advancements in early recognition and standardized management, including
emphasis on early administration of appropriate antimicrobials. However,
guidance regarding antimicrobial duration in sepsis is surprisingly limited....
The
management of Acute Gastroenteritis (AGE) is essentially based on 5 steps:
1. Assessment
of dehydration by simple, reproducible, and validated parameters and/or
clinical score;
2. Prompt
rehydration with reduced osmolality ORS;
3. Avoidance of
elimination diets and continuing of breast-feeding in infants and reg...
Key Information:
Respiratory
syncytial virus (RSV) is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality globally in
preschool children with acute lower respiratory infections.
Current
guidelines do not support the routine use of antibiotics in these children. However, higher incidence of bacterial co-infection with RSV
bronchopulmonary infe...
Asymptomatic bacteriuria (ASB) is
seen in some healthy female populations and many women or men
with genitourinary tract abnormalities.
Although in many clinical
situations ASB is harmless, many patients with ASB are treated unnecessary.
Especially, long-term antimicrobial therapy of ASB may select for superinfection
with more antimicr...
International Journal of Dentistry:
Odontogenic infections are one of
the most prevalent diseases worldwide and the principal reason for seeking
dental care. Dental prescriptions account for nearly 7% to 11% of all common
antibiotic prescriptions.
The commonest emergency odontogenic
infections are periapical abscess (25%), pericoron...
Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP)
is a significant cause of respiratory morbidity and mortality in children,
especially in developing countries. Worldwide, CAP is the leading cause of
death in children younger than five years.
Clinical assessment requires
careful evaluation of clinical features, severity, and evidence of
complications....
The British Pharmacological Society Journal: Published: 05 September 2019
Penicillin’s are widely used during
pregnancy for various bacterial infectious indications. Amoxicillin, rapidly
crosses the placenta following absorption to the bloodstream, It is prescribed
both as a sole medicine as well as in combination with clavulanic acid mos...
PubMed Central: Published on 2020 August
AHOM was defined as any bone
infection with a period between symptoms onset and diagnosis < two weeks.
AHOM was defined complicated in the
presence of sepsis, septic shock, arthritis, cellulitis, sub-periosteal or
muscle abscess, deep vein thrombosis pathological fracture, septic emboli or
hosp...
The rapidly escalating coronavirus
disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has focused attention on the diagnosis and
treatment of patients with acute respiratory infection in an unprecedented
manner. Although most of the lung injury patients have is believed to be caused
by the virus, concern over bacterial co-infection also informs current
treatmen...
