Infectious Disease Project Organ-Based Infections Musculoskeletal System
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Musculoskeletal
- Osteomyelitis
- Candidal OsteomyelitisPreferred Regimen: Fluconazole 400 mg (6 mg/kg) IV/po daily OR Lipid-based Amphotericin B 3-5 mg/kg daily for two weeks, followed by Fluconazole
Alternative Regimen: Caspofungin 70 mg loading dose, then 50 mg/day IV OR Micafungin 100 mg/day IV or Anidulafungin 200 mg IV loading dose, then 100 mg/day IV - Chronic osteomyelitis
- Contiguous with vascular insufficiency
- Contiguous without vascular insufficiency
- Diabetic foot
- Foot bone
- Foot puncture wound
- Hematogenous
- Hemoglobinopathy
- Prosthetic joint infection
- Spinal implant
- Sternal
- Bursitis
- Lyme arthritis
- Reactive arthritis
- Reiter's syndrome
- Post-streptococcal arthritis
- Septic arthritis
- Brucellosis
- Candida
- Gonococcal, disseminated infection
- Gram-negative bacilli
- Histoplasmosis
- Lyme disease
- Mycobacterium tuberculosis
- Pneumococcal
- Staphylococcal
- Streptococcal
- Post-intraarticular injection
- Gangrene
- Myonecrosis
- Necrotizing fascitis
- Clostridial
- Staphylococcal
- Streptococcal
- Synergistic
- Pyomyositis