Infections by Organ Systems

Treatment Pathways

 

Our Treatment Pathways are based on national guidelines and consensus statements, expert opinions from the Infectious Diseases team (pharmacy and medicine), and microbiology data from the microbiology laboratory.

Cardiovascular

• Infective Endocarditis

Central Nervous System: Meningitis

• Meningitis

Circulatory

• Sepsis
• Procalcitonin (PCT)

Gastrointestinal

• Clostridium difficile Infection (CDI)
• Proton-Pump Inhibitor (PPI) Use

Genitourinary

• Non-Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infection- Prostatitis
  
• Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infection
• Sexually Transmitted Infections
• Urinary Tract Infection (UTI) Decision Protocol

Intra-Abdominal

• Intra-Abdominal Infections

Lower-Upper Respiratory

• Acute Bacterial Sinusitis
• Acute Pharyngitis
• Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
• Pneumonia
• Procalcitonin (PCT)

Skin and Soft Tissue

• Skin and Soft Tissue Infections (SSTI) 
• Diabetic Foot Infections