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Nocardiosis - Nocardia spp
Pathogen: Filamentous gram-positive branching rod, grows in acid fast staining and anaerobic conditions
Clinical
anaerobic conditions Clinical ... • Systemic (≥2 sites ... Pulmonary - Primary site ... #microbiology #infectiousdiseases
Clinical Examination for Liver and Biliary Diseases
1) Hands: Clubbing, Dupuytren's contracture, Leuconychia, Bruising, Flapping tremor (hepatic
Clinical Examination ... Aspiration of ascitic ... fluid, Dilated abdominal ... Splenornegaly, Ascites ... , Palpable gallbladder
GB stones shadow... cancer does not. Here is an unfortunate case of cholangiocarcinoma with abdominal ascites.
cholangiocarcinoma with abdominal ... ascites. ... Cholangiocarcinoma #Gallbladder ... #Ascites #Clinical ... #POCUS #AbdominalUS
Cirrhosis, ascites, edematous gallbladder wall and a gallstone on Abdominal Ultrasound - POCUS 

Dr. J. Christian
Cirrhosis, ascites ... , edematous gallbladder ... a gallstone on Abdominal ... Ultrasound #POCUS #Clinical ... #Abdominal
Gallbladder Wall Thickening on POCUS

Ascites - a common cause of a thick gallbladder wall

Dr. J. Christian
Gallbladder Wall ... Thickening on POCUS Ascites ... Thickening #Edema #Ascites ... Ultrasound #POCUS #Clinical ... #Abdominal
Miliary Tuberculosis 
Hematogenous dissemination of Mycobacterium tuberculosis 
Clinical: 
 • Failure to thrive 
 • Fever
tuberculosis Clinical ... Extrapulmonary Sites ... TB #Pulmonary #InfectiousDiseases
CAPD-associated peritonitis (Continuous Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis) - 5 Things To Know
Diagnosis (Two of the following):
(1) Clinical
following): (1) Clinical ... of peritonitis (abdominal ... suggest other intra-abdominal ... infection (exit site ... Diagnosis #Management #InfectiousDiseases
Trypanosomiasis - Trypanosoma cruzi Life Cycle
1) Triatomine bug takes a blood meal (passes metacyclic trypomastigotes in
at bite wound site ... new infection sites ... Clinical manifestations ... pathophysiology #infectiousdiseases
Ectopic Gallbladder on POCUS

Patients with ectopic GBs may remain asymptomatic or can develop cholecystitis, torsion, gangrene,
Ectopic Gallbladder ... Sites include: intrahepatic ... RJonesSonoEM #Ectopic #Gallbladder ... #POCUS #clinical
Blood Culture-Negative Infective Endocarditis (BCNIE)
Definition: No etiology found after 3 separate blood cultures remain negative for
antimicrobials, clinical ... , extracardiac sites ... differential #workup #infectiousdiseases