Skip to content
Manual of Medicine
  • Topics
    • Acid Base and Electrolytes
    • Cardiology
    • Emergency and Acute Medicine
    • Endocrinology
    • Gastroenterology
    • Gynaecology
    • Hematology and Oncology
    • Infectious Diseases
    • Neurology
    • Nephrology and Urology
    • Pulmonology
    • Pharmacology
    • Pediatrics
  • Spot Diagnosis
  • ECGs
Search this website

Infectious Diseases

Home » Topics » Infectious Diseases

Drugs for Treating Mycobacterial Infections

Read more about the article Drugs for Treating Mycobacterial Infections
Drugs used to treat infections with mycobacteria (tuberculosis,leprosy)
  • Post category:Infectious Diseases/Pharmacology
  • Post published:September 7, 2021

The therapeutic principle applicable to both Tuberculosis and Leprosy is combined treatment with two or more drugs. Combination therapy prevents the emergence of resistant Mycobacteria and Mycobacterial Infections.

Continue ReadingDrugs for Treating Mycobacterial Infections

Sepsis Algorithm and Differential Diagnosis

Read more about the article Sepsis Algorithm and Differential Diagnosis
  • Post category:Emergency and Acute Medicine/Infectious Diseases
  • Post published:May 17, 2021

SIRS (Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome) is Inflammatory response to a non-infectious insult (pancreatitis, burn, surgery…)

Continue ReadingSepsis Algorithm and Differential Diagnosis

Appropriate Antibiotics for Resistant Organisms

Read more about the article Appropriate Antibiotics for Resistant Organisms
  • Post category:Infectious Diseases/Pharmacology
  • Post published:March 25, 2021

Antibiotics are prescribed to ~15% of emergency department (ED) patients and are among the most frequently utilized medications in emergency medicine. Often, the emergency provider (EP) must make clinical decisions…

Continue ReadingAppropriate Antibiotics for Resistant Organisms

Embolic Complications of Infective Endocarditis

Read more about the article Embolic Complications of Infective Endocarditis
  • Post category:Cardiology/Infectious Diseases
  • Post published:March 22, 2021

Infective endocarditis (IE) is a bacterial or fungal infection of the heart valves or perivalvular structures and is a highly morbid condition associated with significant in-hospital mortality. The morbidity of…

Continue ReadingEmbolic Complications of Infective Endocarditis

Recent Posts

  • Asthma: Approach, Evaluation and Management
  • Acute Pancreatitis: Approach, Evaluation and Management
  • Chest Pain: Causes, Approach and Evaluation
  • Left Ventricular Hypertrophy (LVH): How to Recognize it on ECG [With Examples]
  • Atrial Flutter: ECG Interpretation [With Examples]

Categories

  • Acid Base and Electrolytes
  • Cardiology
  • ECG Interpretations
  • ECGs
  • Emergency and Acute Medicine
  • Endocrinology
  • Gastroenterology
  • Gynaecology
  • Hematology and Oncology
  • Infectious Diseases
  • Nephrology and Urology
  • Neurology
  • Pediatrics
  • Pharmacology
  • Pulmonology
  • Questions
  • Questions Answers
  • Rheumatology
  • Spot Diagnosis
  • Spot Diagnosis – Case Asnwers
  • Topics
  • About
  • Privacy Policy
  • Cookies
  • Terms and Conditions
  • Contact Us
Manual of Medicine
  • Topics
    • Acid Base and Electrolytes
    • Cardiology
    • Emergency and Acute Medicine
    • Endocrinology
    • Gastroenterology
    • Gynaecology
    • Hematology and Oncology
    • Infectious Diseases
    • Neurology
    • Nephrology and Urology
    • Pulmonology
    • Pharmacology
    • Pediatrics
  • Spot Diagnosis
  • ECGs