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bacterial infection
Epidemiology:
- bacterial infections are the 2nd leading cause of death world-wide after coronary artery disease [3]
- Staphylococcus aureus, Escherichia coli, Streptococcus pneumoniae, Klebsiella pneumoniae, & Pseudomonas aeruginosa account for 55% of death due to bacterial infection [3]
Management:
- in general, obtain appropriate cultures prior to starting antibiotics
- early antibiotics are associated with lower mortality in patients with severe bacterial infections [2]
Specific
actinomycosis
acute necrotizing ulcerative gingivitis; Vincent's angina; trenchmouth; cancrum oris novum; fusospirochetosis (ANUG)
anaerobic infection
anthrax (woolsorter's disease)
bacillary angiomatosis
bacterial gastroenteritis
bacterial meningitis
bacterial peritonitis (BP)
bacterial pneumonia
bacterial zoonosis
botulism
breast abscess
brucellosis
carbuncle (carbunculosis)
cat scratch disease
cellulitis
chancroid (soft chancre)
Chlamydia infection
chorioamnionitis
dermatophilosis (mud fever)
diphtheria
diverticulitis
donovanosis (granuloma inguinale, granuloma venereum)
endometritis
erysipeloid
erythrasma
felon
furuncle
glanders
gonorrhea
gram-negative infection
impetigo
inclusion conjunctivitis
intestinal lipodystrophy (Whipple's disease)
legionellosis
Lemierre's syndrome; jugular vein suppurative thrombophlebitis
listeriosis
mastitis
melioidosis (Whitmore's disease)
mycobacterial infection
nocardiosis
osteomyelitis
paratyphoid fever
paronychia
Pasteurellosis
peliosis hepatis
periodontitis
pertussis (whooping cough, 100 day cough)
pitted keratolysis
plague
postpartum infection
rat-bite fever
rhinoscleroma
Rickettsiaceae infection
rickettsialpox
salmonellosis
sepsis
spirochete infection
Staphylococcal infection
Streptococcal infection; streptococcosis
tetanus
toxic shock syndrome
trachoma
transfusion-associated bacterial infection
trench fever
tropical sprue
tularemia (deer fly fever, Prahvant Valley plague, rabbit fever)
typhus
General
infection (infectious disease)
References
- American Academy of Pediatrics - Committee on Infectious Diseases
and the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society.
Choosing Wisely. November 12, 2018
http://www.choosingwisely.org/societies/american-academy-of-pediatrics-committee-on-infectious-diseases-and-the-pediatric-infectious-diseases-society/
- Zasowski EJ et al.
A systematic review of the effect of delayed appropriate antibiotic treatment
on the outcomes of patients with severe bacterial infections.
Chest 2020 Sep; 158:929
PMID: 32446623
https://journal.chestnet.org/article/S0012-3692(20)31497-5/fulltext
- GBD 2019 Antimicrobial Resistance Collaborators
Global mortality associated with 33 bacterial pathogens in 2019:
a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019.
Lancet. 2022. Nov 21.
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(22)02185-7/fulltext