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Suspected catheter-related bloodstream infection - Management Algorithm
 • Temperature 37.8 C   • Rigors
Algorithm • Temperature ... Antibiotic Management ... • Persistent fever ... pathogens (S. aureus, fungal ... #Algorithm #CRBSI
“Step by Step” – the new kid on the block – aims to risk stratify this
for each of the components ... of the algorithm ... an infant with fever ... #Diagnosis #Management ... #LP #Antibiotics
My Patient with Infective Endocarditis (IE) Has Negative Blood Cultures
 - Did they receive antibiotics prior
Did they receive antibiotics ... therapy - Number one cause ... Fungal (Histoplasma ... BloodCultures #Diagnosis #Management ... #Algorithm
Validation of the Step-By-Step Approach to Febrile Infants

#Diagnosis #Management #Pediatrics #Peds #Febrile #Infant #StepByStep #Algorithm #LP
#Diagnosis #Management ... Infant #StepByStep #Algorithm ... #LP #Antibiotics ... Stratification #Fever
Causes of Fever of Unknown Origin (FUO) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Neoplasm:
• NHL
• Hodgkin's lymphoma
• Leukemia
• Solid
Causes of Fever ... Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Infection: • Fungal ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm ... #causes
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
• Most common cause ... Lung Abscess - Clinical ... : • 80% have fever ... Intervention: - Fevers ... Prevotella • Fungal
Causes of Acute Onset Fever - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Viral:
 • Rhinovirus
 • Influenza Virus
 • Parainfluenza
Causes of Acute ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Infectious - Other: • Fungal ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm ... #causes
Kerion
Raised, boggy lesion with heaped up purulent nodules 
Caused by host's response to a fungal ringworm
purulent nodules Caused ... response to a fungal ... mentagrophytes) Clinical ... Hair loss • Fever ... Dermatology #Diagnosis #Management
Aortitis - Diagnosis and Workup
Clinical History:
 - Fever, weight loss, deterioration of general health
 - Aortic
Diagnosis and Workup Clinical ... History: - Fever ... depending on the cause ... Salmonella, ..), Fungal ... #Differential #Causes
Liver Abscess
•	Pyogenic abscess, accounts for 80% of abscess.
•	Amebic abscess due to Entamoeba histolytica, accounts for 10%.
•	Fungal
• Fungal abscess ... the bacterial cases ... • Fever in 90% ... • Antibiotic ... cm Continuous fever