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- 13:42, 13 March 2025 Oropouche virus (hist | edit) [1,943 bytes] Aidan (talk | contribs) (Created page with "== Background == === Microbiology === * Member of the family Family::Peribunyaviridae and genus Genus::Orthobunyavirus within the Simbu serogroup === Epidemiology === * Transmitted by mosquitoes and midges * Causes periodic outbreaks in the Amazon Basin, but has since spread to other parts of South America and the Caribbean ** Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Cuba, Guyana, Peru, Ecuador, and Panama ** But also Argentina, French Guiana, Haiti, and Trinidad and Tobag...") Tag: Visual edit
- 16:25, 6 March 2025 Malignant hyperthermia (hist | edit) [4,646 bytes] Aidan (talk | contribs) (Created page with "== Background == * Familial condition characterized by a hypermetabolic response to inhaled general anaesthetic agents, including halothane, sevoflurane, and desflurane, and to the depolarizing muscle relaxant succinylcholine * Autosomal dominant inheretance * Present worldwide == Clinical Grading Scale == * Developed by Larach and colleaguesCiteRef::larach1994a * Used to evaluate an adverse anaesthetic event for the likelihood that it was caused b...") Tag: Visual edit
- 16:01, 6 March 2025 CR:DOI:48c97b364b1a5fbb020f722e107fcf28 (hist | edit) [655 bytes] Aidan (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{#scite: |reference=larach1994a |type=journal-article |title=A Clinical Grading Scale to Predict Malignant Hyperthermia Susceptibility |author=Marilyn Green Larach;A Russell Localio;Gregory C. Allen;Michael A. Denborough;F Richard Ellis;Gerald A. Gronert;Richard F. Kaplan;Sheila M. Muldoon;Thomas E. Nelson;Helle Ørding;Henry Rosenberg;Barbara E. Waud;Denise J. Wedel|+sep=; |journal=Anesthesiology |publisher=Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health) |ye...")
- 17:18, 24 February 2025 Corynebacterium tuberculostearicum (hist | edit) [883 bytes] Aidan (talk | contribs) (Created page with "==Background== * Stain::Gram-positive Shape::bacillus within the genus Genus::Corynebacterium * Member of skin and mucosal flora ==Clinical Manifestations== * In case reports or series, it has been implicated in mastitis, surgical site infection, osteomyelitis, septic arthritis, intraabdominal abscess ==Management== * Reliably susceptible to vancomycin, linezolid, and daptomycin * Often susceptible to tetracycline * Generally resistant t...")
- 20:11, 14 February 2025 Bands (hist | edit) [195 bytes] Aidan (talk | contribs) (Created page with "* Band cells are immature neutrophils that are undergoing hematopoiesis * When greater than 10% of total leukocyte count, suggestive of sepsis Category:Investigations Category:Hematology") Tag: Visual edit
- 17:23, 6 February 2025 Eikenella corrodens (hist | edit) [951 bytes] Aidan (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{DISPLAYTITLE:''Eikenella corrodens''}} == Background == === Microbiology === * Facultatively anaerobic, fastidious Stain::Gram-negative Shape::bacillus in the genus Genus::Eikenella * Primary human pathogen within its genus * Member of the HACEK group of fastidious causes of infective endocarditis * Member of normal human mouth flora == Clinical Manifestations == * Associated with soft tissue infections after clenched fist injuries involving the hu...") Tag: Visual edit
- 21:00, 23 January 2025 Li-Fraumeni syndrome (hist | edit) [473 bytes] Aidan (talk | contribs) (Created page with "* Genetic autosomal dominant hereditary disorder that increases risk of various malignancies * Also called SBLA (sarcoma, breast, leukemia, and adrenal) syndrome * Caused by mutations in the ''TP53'' tumour suppressor gene * Associated cancers: ** Early-onset breast cancer (25%) ** Soft-tissue sarcoma (20%) ** Bone sarcoma (15%) ** Brain tumours, particularly glioblastomas (13%) ** Others: leukemia, lymphoma, and adrenal carcinoma Category:Oncology")
- 20:14, 2 January 2025 Meropenem-clavulanate (hist | edit) [298 bytes] Aidan (talk | contribs) (Created page with "==Background== *Combination occasionally used in the treatment of drug-resistant tuberculosis ==Dosing== *Meropenem 1 g IV every 8 hours plus amoxicillin-clavulanate 500 mg/125 mg p.o. three times daily (given orally at the start of every infusion of meropenem)")
- 22:43, 1 January 2025 Antimicrobial desensitization (hist | edit) [3,375 bytes] Aidan (talk | contribs) (Created page with "==Background== *Goal of creating temporary tolerance to an antimicrobial to which the patient has a history of hypersensitivity reaction *Must carefully evaluate risks and benefits")
- 14:54, 31 December 2024 CR:DOI:153e71f3813c5bd7c1b98f3c2c7e1076 (hist | edit) [494 bytes] Aidan (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{#scite: |reference=humphries2023re |type=journal-article |title=Review of Clinical and Laboratory Diagnostics for Coccidioidomycosis |author=Ian H. McHardy;Bridget Barker;George R. Thompson|+sep=; |editor=Romney M. Humphries |journal=Journal of Clinical Microbiology |publisher=American Society for Microbiology |year=2023 |volume=61 |issue=5 |doi=10.1128/jcm.01581-22 |issn=0095-1137;1098-660X|+sep=; |retrieved-from=https://dx.doi.org/ |retrieved-on=2024-12...")
- 21:53, 25 December 2024 CR:DOI:5489fb50cc5cc7d3646573606d6b0255 (hist | edit) [635 bytes] Aidan (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{#scite: |reference=wudel2024ca |type=journal-article |title=Canadian Public Health Laboratory Network (CPHLN) diagnostic recommendations for neurosyphilis in Canada |author=Bev Wudel;Rupeena Purewal;Todd F Hatchette;Derek Stein;Muhammad Morshed;Jessica Minion;Maud Vallée;Kristy Hayden;Camille Hamula|+sep=; |journal=Journal of the Association of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Disease Canada |publisher=University of Toronto Press Inc. (UTPress) |year=2024 |...")
- 21:48, 25 December 2024 CR:DOI:629349db9c2031fc71a2293537104ca8 (hist | edit) [575 bytes] Aidan (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{#scite: |reference=kristensen2024ou |type=journal-article |title=Outcomes of Debridement, Antibiotics, and Implant Retention in the Management of Infected Total Knee Arthroplasty: Analysis of 5,178 Cases from the National Australian Registry |author=Nicolai K. Kristensen;Stuart A. Callary;Renjy Nelson;Dylan Harries;Michelle Lorimer;Paul Smith;David Campbell|+sep=; |journal=The Journal of Arthroplasty |publisher=Elsevier BV |year=2024 |doi=10.1016/j.arth.2024.12...")
