OM + SSTIs

Question 1

How does the skin protect against infections?

Question 2

What are the pathogens involved in CA-SSTIs?

Question 3

What pathogens are involved in nosocomial, complicated SSTIs?

Question 4

What are the risk factors for SSTIs?

Question 5

What are the different types of uncomplicated SSTIs? Which are purulent and non-purulent?

Question 6

What is the difference between erysipelas and cellulitis? What are the signs and symptoms? Pathogens involved? Risk factors? Diagnosis?

Question 7

How is erysipelas and cellulitis treated?

Question 8

What are considered special cases of non-purulent SSTIs? How do you treat them?

Question 9

What is impetigo? How does it present? What pathogens are involved? Risk factors?

Question 10

What is bullous impetigo? How is it different from impetigo? What pathogens are involved? How do you treat it?

Question 11

What is folliculitis? How does it present? Pathogens? Risk factors? Treatment?

Question 12

What is the difference between furuncles and a carbuncle? How does it present? How do you treat it?

Question 13

How do you classify complicated SSTIs?

Question 14

What is necrotizing SSTIs? What pathogens are involved? Risk factors? Treatment?

Question 15

What pathogens are involved in animal bite wounds? What types do we worry about the most? How do you treat it?

Question 16

What pathogens are involved in human bite wounds? How do you treat it?

Question 17

What should be consider for the treatment of burn wounds? What pathogens should we be concerned about?

Question 18

What are decubitus ulcers? How do you classify them? What pathogens are involved? Risk factors? Treatment?

Question 19

What are diabetic ulcers? Why are we concerned about them? Pathogens? Risk factors? Treatment?

Question 20

How do you assess the severity of infection?

Question 21

What is osteomyelitis? What are the three different types?

Question 22

What pathogens cause the three types of OM?

Question 23

What are the risk factors for OM? Age of onset? and site of infection?

Question 24

How does OM present clinically?

Question 25

What are some important considerations when using laboratory findings to diagnose or monitor OM?

Question 26

What are the non-pharmacological measures used in OM?

Question 27

What are some general principles of pharmacological therapy in OM?

Question 28

How do you empirically treat hematogenous or contiguous OM?

Question 29

How do you empirically treat vascular insufficiency OM?

Question 30

What is the targeted therapy for hematogenous and contiguous OM?

Question 31

What is the targeted therapy for vascular insufficiency OM?

Question 32

What are some considerations for the treatment of chronic OM?

Question 33

How do you treat PJI/OM?

Question 34

What are SSIs? How do we classify them?

Question 35

What are the recommended ABX PPX for cardiothoracic procedures?

Question 36

What are the recommended ABX PPX for orthopedic procedures?

Question 37

What are the recommended ABX PPX for abdominal procedures?

Question 38

What are the recommended ABX PPX for obstetrics procedures?

Question 39

What are the recommended ABX PPX for hepatic/biliary procedures?

Question 40

What are the recommended ABX PPX for trauma wounds?