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Infectious Diseases study guides
Study guides for medical students, residents, nurses and pediatricians: each opens with Pedemy's decision tree, then the key facts from the board-review flashcards.
Antimicrobial safety in children
Board review of anti-infective safety: TB drug toxicity, amphotericin B and zidovudine monitoring, vancomycin infusion reaction and renal dosing of gentamicin.
Study guide · Infectious DiseaseBone and joint infections in children
Bone and joint infection board review: MRI after a normal x-ray, organisms by host (S. aureus, Kingella, Salmonella, Pseudomonas), discitis and sacroiliitis.
Study guide · Infectious DiseaseCNS and invasive bacterial infection
Board review of serious pediatric infections: meningitis risks and empiric therapy, HSV encephalitis, brain abscess, endocarditis and central-line infection.
Study guide · Infectious DiseaseEndemic fungal infections
Endemic US fungi for board review: histoplasmosis (bird and bat droppings), blastomycosis (skin lesions, broad-based budding) and coccidioidomycosis.
Study guide · Infectious DiseaseExposure and post-exposure prophylaxis
Who needs prophylaxis after exposure to meningococcus, Hib, pertussis, varicella or measles, with which drug, dose and time window. Board review.
Study guide · Infectious DiseaseGastrointestinal infections in children
Infectious diarrhea for board review: bacterial clues and when to treat, STEC and HUS, food poisoning toxins, norovirus, rotavirus, parasites and C. difficile.
Study guide · Infectious DiseaseHIV and the immunocompromised child
Perinatal HIV testing, acute HIV, ART in pregnancy, breastfeeding, Pneumocystis pneumonia and prophylaxis, asplenia care and chronic mucocutaneous candidiasis.
Study guide · Infectious DiseaseTuberculosis, nontuberculous mycobacteria and cat-scratch disease
TB infection vs disease in children: TST cut-offs, IGRA after BCG, 3HP and 4R, RIPE therapy and side effects, pleural TB, M. marinum and cat-scratch disease.
Study guide · Infectious DiseaseNeonatal and congenital infections
TORCH clues, congenital and postnatal CMV, syphilis, parvovirus, neonatal HSV, GBS and Listeria, newborn conjunctivitis, febrile infants and breastfeeding.
Study guide · Infectious DiseaseParasites and travel infections in children
Malaria prophylaxis and why it fails, Cryptosporidium, visceral and cutaneous larva migrans, dengue and screening tests for internationally adopted children.
Study guide · Infectious DiseaseRash and mucocutaneous infections
Measles, rubella, mumps, roseola, hand-foot-mouth, parvovirus B19, varicella and zoster, HSV skin infections and strep rashes: clues, contagion and care.
Study guide · Infectious DiseaseRespiratory infections in children
Board review of pediatric respiratory infections: colds, strep throat and carriers, influenza and COVID-19 treatment, mono, pertussis and atypical pneumonia.
Study guide · Infectious DiseaseSkin and soft tissue infections and toxin syndromes
Board review: staph and strep toxic shock, scalded skin syndrome, MRSA abscess and D-test, decolonization, erysipelas, perianal strep, newborn breast abscess.
Study guide · Infectious DiseaseUrinary tract infection in children
Board review of pediatric UTI: why to test febrile infants, urine specimens, oral treatment, renal ultrasound and VCUG, Enterococcus and preventing recurrence.
Study guide · Infectious DiseaseZoonoses and vector-borne infections
Board review of zoonoses in children: Lyme stages and doxycycline, tick prophylaxis, RMSF, ehrlichiosis, cat-scratch disease, animal bites and severe malaria.
Study guide · Infectious Disease