10 Things I Wish Every Doctor Knew About Treating Infections

All of this you can put into practice right now! Whether you're a general practitioner, a hospitalist, an intern, or a medical student, what you learn here will make dealing with infectious diseases a lot easier. These are ten things I wish every doctor knew about treating infections.
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CHAPTERS:
00:00 Introduction
00:35 Azithromycin in respiratory tract infections (pneumonia, sinusitis, otitis media)
03:25 Ciprofloxacin in the treatment of urinary tract infections
05:00 Amoxicillin-clavulanate and anaerobic bacteria
06:09 Asymptomatic bacteriuria
08:39 Clostridium difficile
09:59 Fever with delirium
12:01 Cellulitis with fever
13:42 Blood cultures
15:14 UTIs in young men
16:05 Lyme disease tests (serology for B.burgdorferi)
REFERENCES & RECOMMENDED READING:
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3. Invasive pneumococcal disease - Annual Epidemiological Report for 2018 [Internet]. European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control. 2020 [cited 2022 Sep 9]. Available from: www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/publica...
4. Johnson JR, Drekonja DM. Bacteriuria/Pyuria of Clinically Undetermined Significance (BPCUS): Common, but Currently Nameless. The American Journal of Medicine. 2017 May 1;130(5):e201-4.
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[@rays3313]

If bacteria is accompanied by high count og wbcs what would be the conclusion?

[@aldonatadla3079]

If I had been isolated for 10 and test positive?