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The Curbsiders Internal Medicine Podcast

#246 Take a Bite out of Cellulitis with Dr Boghuma Titanji

The Curbsiders Internal Medicine Podcast

The Curbsiders Internal Medicine Podcast

Health & Fitness, Medicine, Science, Higher Education, Education

4.83.1K Ratings

🗓️ 14 December 2020

⏱️ 72 minutes

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Summary

Master common skin and soft tissues infections: cellulitis, abscesses, human and animal bites with returning guest, infectious diseases expert, Dr Boghuma Titanji MD, PhD @boghuma (Emory; TED).

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Credits

  • Written (including CME) and Produced by: Matthew Watto MD, FACP
  • Cover Art and Infographic by: Beth Garbitelli
  • Hosts: Matthew Watto MD, FACP; Paul Williams MD, FACP
  • Editor: Matthew Watto (written materials); Clair Morgan of nodderly.com
  • Guest: Boghuma Titanji MD, M.Sc., DTM&H, PhD


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Time Stamps*

*Note: Time Stamps refer to ad free version.

  • 00:00 Intro, disclaimer, guest bio
  • 02:00 Picks of the Week
  • 06:00 Definitions, Initial Approach to cellulitis
  • 10:35 Nonpurulent cellulitis; antibiotic choice
18:10 Fish handler’s disease
  • 24:30 Recurrent cellulitis
  • 31:30 Purulent cellulitis and MRSA; Antibiotic choice; Step down therapy
  • 47:33 Abscesses; Adjuvant antibiotics; Packing Wounds
  • 53:30 Decolonization for recurrent MRSA infections
  • 56:30 Human Bites (clenched fist injury); Dog bites and Cat bites
  • 67:10 Take home points and Outro

Transcript

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0:00.0

This episode is supported by provider solutions and development, the holistic career coaching experts with 20 years of experience.

0:08.0

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0:13.0

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0:20.0

The curb-siders podcast is for entertainment, education, and information purposes only. And the topics discussed should not be used solely to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any diseases or conditions.

0:30.0

For the more that you've been used and expressed on the podcast are solely those of those that should not be interpreted to reflect official policy or position of gaining entity aside from possible.

0:35.0

Cash like more hospital and affiliate outreach programs. If indeed there are any, in fact there are none.

0:38.0

Pretty much we aren't responsible if you screw up you should always do your own homework and let us know when we're wrong.

0:52.0

Welcome back to the curb-siders and Paul you will notice that sweet sweet silence.

0:57.0

Yeah, I was thinking about interrupting and then just didn't and it felt great.

1:01.0

Well, on tonight's show, Stuart is not here, but we have a great guest we're talking about skin and soft tissue infections as well as different types of bite wounds, both human bites, animal bites.

1:12.0

We have a wonderful returning guest, Dr. Bohuma to Tangi. And before we get to that, Paul is going to tell you what we do on this show and remind you about our CME partner.

1:24.0

Yeah, sure Matt. So we are the internal medicine podcast. We use expert interviews to bring you clinical pearls and practice changing knowledge.

1:31.0

And I'm also here to truthfully remind you that this and most episodes are available for free CME credit for all health professionals at curbsiders.bcuhealth.org.

1:40.0

It's really easy just to go and sign up and create an account there to do that.

1:43.0

Our fantastic conversation this evening is with Dr. Bohuma, cabison to Tangi, MD, MSC, DTM and H, PhD. She is a physician scientist at Emory University School of Medicine in Atlanta.

1:58.0

She is a self-proclaimed enthusiast of all things ID and she loves blogging, cooking, singing jazz music and interacting with medical professionals around the globe through the Twitter verse where she tweets at Bohuma.

2:12.0

So without further ado, spelled correctly. Let's do it.

2:16.0

Paul, why don't you start us off with a pick of the week?

2:21.0

Great. Don't mind if I do. I think I mentioned this in passing during a different episode, but it wasn't a formal pick.

2:28.0

So I'm going to recommend the first law trilogy and I'm going to pull a steward who is not here because I haven't finished the, I haven't finished yet.

2:35.0

I'm going to have two thirds of the way. I'm most of the way through the second book. The third book I haven't read yet. So it may go south, but I can tell you it's, it's a fantasy series written by the author Joe Abercrombie.

2:45.0

It's fairly epic in scope. He writes in a way where the action and the violence is really compelling and sort of moves very briskly, even though it's incredibly long.

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