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Altered Mental Status - Differential Diagnosis
 • Neurologic: Stroke, Cerebral hypoxia, Cerebral hemorrhage, Seizure, Trauma, TBI,
Altered Mental Status ... Thyroid disease • Infectious ... : UTI, Pneumonia ... BostonChiefs #Altered ... Differential #Diagnosis #Causes
Causes of Fever of Unknown Origin (FUO) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Neoplasm:
• NHL
• Hodgkin's lymphoma
• Leukemia
• Solid
• Trauma Non-infectious ... Organ Specific Infection ... • Infectious ... Cholangitis • UTI ... disease Viral Infection
Genital Herpes Simplex - CDC 2021 Treatment Guidelines
Recommended Regimens:
 • First clinical episode of genital herpes
Regimens: • First clinical ... persons with HIV infection ... • Episodic infection ... persons with HIV infection ... Guidelines #Management #STI
Possible Causes of Altered Urine Color 

Red 
    Foods: beets, blackberries, rhubarb
Possible Causes ... urinary tract infections ... urinary tract infection ... Catheter + Alkaline UTI ... Conditions: malianant
Mixed Urinary Incontinence: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings

Urgency Urinary Incontinence (UUI) -> Urinary leakage preceded by a
Pathogenesis and Clinical ... inflammation/ infection ... (cystitis, UTI) ... Incontinence (SUI ... or UUI not caused
Management of patients with known or suspected malignant pleural effusion (MPE) - An Official ATS/STS/STR Clinical
known or suspected malignant ... An Official ATS/STS ... /STR Clinical Practice ... (IPC)–related infection ... symptoms of worsening infection
Causes of Proteinuria - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Persistent Proteinuria >150mg/d protein present on repeat testing including overnight
Causes of Proteinuria ... • Fever • UTI ... HSP • Post-infectious ... Protein deposition (eg ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes
Short Stature - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Normal Variant, Normal Puberty Onset (BA = CA)
 • Familial Short
Dysplasias • (e.g ... CRF) • Infection ... (e.g. ... Chronic UTI) • ... endocrinology #causes
Management of patients with known or suspected malignant pleural effusion (MPE) - An Official ATS/STS/STR Clinical
known or suspected malignant ... An Official ATS/STS ... /STR Clinical Practice ... (IPC)–related infection ... symptoms of worsening infection
CSF Penetration of Antimicrobials

Despite the poor CSF penetration, beta-lactams have the most research documenting successful treatment
other antibiotic classes ... FDA-approved for UTI ... CNS infections ... susceptible CNS infections ... treatment of CNS infections