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Suspected catheter-related bloodstream infection - Management Algorithm
 • Temperature 37.8 C   • Rigors
Antibiotic Management ... • Hemodynamic instability ... No hemodynamic stability ... • Hemodynamic instability ... Algorithm #CRBSI #diagnosis
My Patient with Infective Endocarditis (IE) Has Negative Blood Cultures
 - Did they receive antibiotics prior
Did they receive antibiotics ... Decreased yield due to antibiotic ... have a fastidious bacteria ... this be a non-bacterial ... BloodCultures #Diagnosis
Acute Diarrhea - Differential Diagnostic Algorithm
Watery/Large Volume (Small Bowel)
 • Viral
 • Bacterial (e.g. C peffrjngens,
Acute Diarrhea - Differential ... Diagnostic Algorithm ... • Viral • Bacterial ... Giardia) • Drugs (Antibiotics ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Infographic of common causes of acute otitis media and resistance mechanisms of these bacteria. 
Streptococcus pneumoniae
Haemophilus
mechanisms of these bacteria ... #microbiology #differential ... #diagnosis #antibiotics
Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis (SBP) - Diagnosis and Management
Ascites PMN > 250/mm3
? Nosocomial or hospital acquired. Recent
Spontaneous Bacterial ... Peritonitis (SBP) - Diagnosis ... Recent exposure to antibiotics ... #Spontaneous #Bacterial ... Peritonitis #SBP #Diagnosis
Causes of Erythema Nodosum - Mnemonic

NO cause found in 60% of cases
Drugs (antibiotics e.g., sulfonamides, amoxicillin)
Oral
cases Drugs (antibiotics ... HepB, HepC Bacterial ... Mnemonic #Causes #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Dermatology
Infective endocarditis - etiology and sources of infection. 
 • Native and prosthetic 
valve endocarditis
 •
for TPN) and antibiotic ... Sources #Causes #Bacteria ... #Etiology #Differential ... #Microbiology #Diagnosis
Acute Diarrhea - Differential Diagnosis Framework
1)  Diagnostic studies only for dysentery, severe disease, >7 days
2)
Acute Diarrhea - Differential ... 1) Diagnostic ... culture 3) Empiric antibiotics ... Astrovirus • Bacterial ... Acute #Diarrhea #Differential
Painless Red Eye - Differential Diagnosis 
 • Subconjunctival Hemorrhate
 • Episcleritis
 • Blepharitis
 • Dry
Painless Red Eye - Differential ... Diagnosis • ... Conjunctivitis - Viral, Bacterial ... Painless #RedEye #Differential ... #Diagnosis
Gram Positive Bacteria Overview Identification Algorithm #Diagnosis #Microbiology #GramPositive #Bacteria #Identification #Differential #Algorithm #Catalase #Coagulase #Optichin
Gram Positive Bacteria ... Identification Algorithm #Diagnosis ... #GramPositive #Bacteria ... Identification #Differential