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Pediatric UTI Algorithm (2-24 months of age)

Risk stratify with UTI Calc: 
 - Age months
Pediatric UTI Algorithm ... - No other fever ... Emergency Medicine Cases ... #Diagnosis #Management ... UrinaryTractInfection #Peds
Algorithmic Approach to Acute Interstitial Nephritis
When to suspect AIN? (not sensitive)
 • AKI, AKD, rapidly progressive
Algorithmic Approach ... triad (<10%): fever ... , rash, eosinophilia ... sterile pyuria, WBC casts ... #nephrology #diagnosis
Erythemas Summarized
Erythema ab igne
 • A dermatosis that results from repeated exposure to heat (fires, heating
fires, heating pads ... centrifugum • A chronic skin ... gyratum repens • A skin ... induratum • A chronic skin ... #differential #diagnosis
Causes of Petechial Rash - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Pinpoint areas (less than 2 mm) of hemorrhage, which
Causes of Petechial ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Red Flags: • Fever ... cryoglobulins • Skin ... #Algorithm #Causes
Vibrio Vulnificus skin infection
Cirrhosis w/recent consumption of raw oysters w/rapidly evolving rash. 
Vibrio vulnificus part of
Vibrio Vulnificus skin ... Rapid onset of fever ... necrotic ulcers Risk ... immunosuppressive meds ... Vibrio #Vulnificus #skin
Algorithm - Approach to the differential diagnosis of the patient presenting with overt glomerular proteinuria. CMV
Algorithm - Approach ... cell/white cell casts ... nose (epistaxis), skin ... vesicular rash, ... Nephrocalcinosis causes
Lung Infections in HIV - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Disease by CD4 Count:
Any CD4 Count:
 • Mycobacterium tuberculosis,
- Differential Diagnosis ... • Polymorphic skin ... Pneumonia: • Risk ... factor • May cause ... #infectiousdiseases
Travel History - Clues to Infectious Disease Diagnosis in a Traveler 
 • Where did you
Travel History - Clues ... → Risk of malaria ... Schistosomiasis • Skin ... Rabies, cat scratch fever ... HPI #Interview #InfectiousDiseases
Capnocytophaga
GNR with long fusiform shape.  Fastidious facultative anaerobe that grows slowly and needs enriched agar
C.
= most common cause ... septic shock with fever ... , rash, hypotension ... fulminans or gangrene Risk ... febrilepodcast] #InfectiousDiseases
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
Food products Risk ... status NTM Cause ... Presentation: Fever ... Diagnosis Of NTM ... #infectiousdiseases