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How to Determine a Contaminant vs True Infection 

What is the organism? Most 
common contaminants:
to Determine a Contaminant ... Most common contaminants ... jeikieum) (>88%) • Bacillus ... Contamination #Diagnosis ... #BCx #Laboratory
Initial Clinical and Laboratory Data Base for Defining Major Syndromes in Nephrology

#Major #Syndromes #Nephrology #Diagnosis #Workup
Initial Clinical and Laboratory ... Syndromes #Nephrology #Diagnosis ... #Workup #Differential ... #Table
Clinical Manifestations and Laboratory Findings in Malabsorption of Various Nutrients

#Malabsorption #Nutrients #diagnosis #differential #table #nutrition
Manifestations and Laboratory ... Malabsorption #Nutrients #diagnosis ... #differential # ... table #nutrition
Guide to Interpretation of Positive Blood Cultures

I arrange the potential Gram stain results that one can
are often [skin] contaminants ... clues suggest Bacillus ... , usually a contaminant ... Interpretation #Laboratory ... #Microbiology #Diagnosis
Lab patterns seen in Inborn Errors of Metabolism

A table of lab values compiled from UpToDate and
Metabolism A table ... additions, for diagnosing ... metabolicemergency-pathophysiology-differential-pediatrics-metabolism-algorithm-diagnosis ... Peds #Pediatrics #Table ... Genetics #IEM #Laboratory
Principal Causes of Generalized Edema - History, Physical Examination, and Laboratory Findings 

Cardiac, Hepatic, Renal (ARF),
Examination, and Laboratory ... Edema #Anasarca #Diagnosis ... #Differential # ... Table
Infectious Diarrhea - Laboratory Testing

Clostridium difficile
Salmonella enterica, Shigella spp, Campylobacter spp 
Salmonella enterica serovars Typhi and
Infectious Diarrhea - Laboratory ... Clostridium perfringens Bacillus ... Infectious #Diarrhea #diagnosis ... #differential # ... Laboratory #Testing
Causes of Acute Infectious Diarrhea
Noninflammatory Diarrhea
Viral - Noroviruses, astrovirus, adenovirus, Rotavirus, sapovirus
Protozoal - Giardia lamblia, Cryptosporidium,
Staphylococcus aureus, Bacillus ... Acute #Infectious #differential ... #diagnosis #table
Appearance of Liver Lesions on Various Imaging Modalities
 • Computed Tomography (CT) - Arterial Phase, Portal
Contrast #CT #MRI #POCUS ... #radiology #differential ... #diagnosis #comparison ... #table #appearance
Causes of Lactate Elevation, Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis

The most common causes of hyperlactatemia are usually:
Lactic Acidosis - Differential ... Diagnosis The ... / hypoxemia -> focus ... - assess other laboratory ... Acidosis #Elevation #Differential