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Causes of Sore Throat / Rhinorrhea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Common viral pathogens: Rhinovirus, Coronavirus, Influenza virus,
/ Rhinorrhea - Differential ... HIV Most common bacterial ... Bacterial Sinusitis ... Bacterial: • ... SoreThroat #Rhinorrhea #Differential
Acute Diarrhea - Differential Diagnostic Algorithm
Watery/Large Volume (Small Bowel)
 • Viral
 • Bacterial (e.g. C peffrjngens,
Acute Diarrhea - ... Differential Diagnostic ... • Viral • Bacterial ... Giardia) • Drugs (Antibiotics ... Large Bowel) • Bacterial
Infographic of common causes of acute otitis media and resistance mechanisms of these bacteria. 
Streptococcus pneumoniae
Haemophilus
common causes of acute ... mechanisms of these bacteria ... #microbiology #differential ... #diagnosis #antibiotics
Etiologies of pulmonary infections according to CT-scan patterns. 
CMV cytomegalovirus, GM galactomannan, HSV herpes simplex virus,
herpes simplex virus ... Varicella–Zoster virus ... MICRONODULES - Bacterial ... Histoplasma - Bacterial ... ComputedTomography #Differential
CNS Infections - Viral Encephalitis and Bacterial Meningitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Viral Encephalitis:
MCC: Enteroviruses (e.g., coxsackievirus
Meningitis - Differential ... Symptoms: • Acute ... stain: Previous antibiotics ... Good indicator to differentiate ... CNS #Infections #differential
Fever in Returning Travelers from Tropical Regions - Frequent Differential Diagnoses
Medical History:
 • Skin exposure to
Regions - Frequent Differential ... relapsing fever, acute ... Rickettsioses, bacterial ... , Lassa fever, acute ... Returning #Traveler #differential
Bell's Palsy
Bell’s Palsy is a damage, acute weakness, or paralysis of the Facial nerve (7th CN),
Palsy is a damage, acute ... Herpes simplex virus ... - Epstein-Barr virus ... Varicella-Zoster virus ...     - Or Bacterial
Acute Diarrhea - Differential Diagnosis Framework
1)  Diagnostic studies only for dysentery, severe disease, >7 days
2)
Acute Diarrhea - ... Differential Diagnosis ... culture 3) Empiric antibiotics ... Astrovirus • Bacterial ... #Diarrhea #Differential
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 ... - Bacterial ... Nodosum #Causes #Differential
Microbial Etiology of Acute Pharyngitis - IDSA
Bacterial
 • Group A streptococcus - Pharyngotonsillitis, scarlet fever
 •
Microbial Etiology of Acute ... Pharyngitis - IDSA Bacterial ... Herpes simplex virus ... IDSA #diagnosis #differential ... #causes #bacteria