Upper Respiratory Infection (URI)
What is the common cold?
This is the one type of viral bronchitis/pneumonia that can be treated more than symptomatically
What is Influenza?
Urine WBC’s
What must be present in infected urine
This organism likely contributes to the increased cellulitis incidence currently seen
What is MRSA?
Prescribing the right drug at the right dose for the right time
What is appropriate antibiotic prescribing?
Do this to treat the common cold
What is symptomatic treatment?
Increased dyspnea, increased sputum production and increased sputum purulence
What are signs of bacterial infection in COPD patients with acute bronchitis?
Up to 75% of all UTIs are caused by this
E coli
Cellulitis should be treated for 5 - 7days unless...
Cellulitis doesn't significantly respond to treatment
Do this if a patient is not responding to appropriate antibiotics
What is re-evaluate the diagnosis?
This infection can lead to encephalitis
What is the flu?
This helps distinguish bacterial from viral infections
What is Procalcitonin?
This gender is least likely to get UTIs
What are males?
This is an oral antibiotic that can be used to treat MRSA and has serotinergic activity
What is Linezolid
This is essential to outpatient treatment of pneumonia
What is ability to re-evaluate the patient?
What is Oseltamivir?
This finding is necessary to diagnose pneumonia
What are infiltrates on chest xray or CT scan?
This can be the only indication of a UTI in elderly
–What is confusion?
Wide confidence intervals in studies of short course of cellulitis demonstrate this
What is significant variation in response between individuals
Treatment of athletes foot
What can help prevent recurrence of cellulitis?
Strawberry tongue is a swollen, bumpy red tongue seen in this condition
What is bacterial pharyngitis?
This is reason for hospitalization of pts with pneumonia
What is homelessness/confusion/inability to obtain meds etc.?
True/false, Homelessness is never an indication for hospital admission
What is false?
Recurs in up to 50% of patients
What is cellulitis
This should be considered if urine culture doesn't grow anything but patient is clearly symptomatic
What is fungal or viral UTI?