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My Patient with Infective Endocarditis (IE) Has Negative Blood Cultures
 - Did they receive antibiotics prior
Did they receive antibiotics ... have a fastidious bacteria ... this be a non-bacterial ... Endocarditis #Negative #BloodCultures ... Diagnosis #Management #Algorithm
Blood Culture Collection Algorithm - Adult Patients with Suspected Systemic Infection 

Pawlowicz et al evidenced based
Algorithm Source ... with suspected bacterial ... suspected source of bacterial ... obtained prior to antibiotic ... #Management #BloodCultures
Causes of Isolated Neutropenia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Congenital
Medications
 • Anticonvulsants
 • Antibiotics
 • Antithyroid
 • Antihypertensive
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Anticonvulsants • Antibiotics ... • Epstein-Barr Virus ... Gram Positive Bacteria ... Gram Negative Bacteria
Causes of Sore Throat / Rhinorrhea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Common viral pathogens: Rhinovirus, Coronavirus, Influenza virus,
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... HIV Most common bacterial ... Sinusitis • Acute Bacterial ... Throat - Acute Bacterial ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Acute Diarrhea - Differential Diagnostic Algorithm
Watery/Large Volume (Small Bowel)
 • Viral
 • Bacterial (e.g. C peffrjngens,
Differential Diagnostic Algorithm ... • Viral • Bacterial ... Giardia) • Drugs (Antibiotics ... Large Bowel) • Bacterial ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Causes of Erythema Nodosum
Common
 - Idiopathic (up to 55 percent)
 - Infections: streptococcal pharyngitis (28 to
to 10 percent): antibiotics ... herpes simplex virus ... , Epstein-Barr virus ... immunodeficiency virus ... - Bacterial
Herpes Zoster: Herpes virus mediated infection that occurred in this patient receiving chemotherapy 
for an underlying
Zoster: Herpes virus ... superimposed bacterial ... Images #Clinical #Photo
Bronchiectasis: diagnosis and management 

Causes of localized -> diffuse bronchiectasis
Foreign body, Bronchial stenosis (tumor, .. ),
Whooping cough, Bacterial ... pneumonia, Virus ... Differential #workup #algorithm
CNS Infections - Viral Encephalitis and Bacterial Meningitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Viral Encephalitis:
MCC: Enteroviruses (e.g., coxsackievirus
Encephalitis and Bacterial ... paresis) features Bacterial ... stain: Previous antibiotics ... differentiate bacterial ... meningitis • In Bacterial
“Step by Step” – the new kid on the block – aims to risk stratify this
risk of serious bacterial ... components of the algorithm ... Infant #StepByStep #Algorithm ... #LP #Antibiotics