Empiric bacterial meningitis treatment - ANSWER Ceftriaxone and
vancomycin
(add ampicillin if Listeria is suspected)
Decadron in meningitis - ANSWER Most beneficial for S. pneumonia
Unknown benefit for N. meningitides
Prophylactic treatment for intimate contact with meningitis - ANSWER If
meningococcal meningitis is source
Treatment for viral meningitis - ANSWER Usually self-limiting; treatment
toward specific virus
Endocarditis characteristics - ANSWER Infection of valvular/endocardial
surface of heart
Etiology of endocarditis - ANSWER -Native/prosthetic valve disease
-Transient bacteremia following invasive procedures
-IV drug use
Common causative organisms of endocarditis - ANSWER S. aereus (most
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