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Rapidly Growing Mycobacterial Infections

 • Mycobacterium abscessus - Is the most pathogenic and the most likely
most likely to cause ... It can also cause ... : M. smegmatis group ... M. mucogenicum group ... Mycobacterium #diagnosis
Blood culture contaminants
Grouped by gram negative vs gram positive vs other as well as never/maybe/probably
Some additional
culture contaminants Grouped ... febrilepodcast] #ID #Infectious ... Diseases #Infections ... #Microbiology # ... Differential #Ddx #Diagnosis
Overview of Invasive Fungal Infections and Treatment - Yeasts and Dimorphic Fungi

 - @IDAGRAM

#Yeasts #Fungal #Invasive
Invasive Fungal Infections ... and Treatment - ... #Algorithm #Treatment ... #Diagnosis #Management ... #Microbiology #
Infective endocarditis - etiology and sources of infection. 
 • Native and prosthetic 
valve endocarditis
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and sources of infection ... • Soft tissue infections ... Endocarditis #Sources #Causes ... #Differential #Microbiology ... #Diagnosis #Pathogens
Causes of Encephalopathy - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Hyperacute:
 - Primary Neurologic: Vascular (IS, ICH), Seizure, Migraine, Trauma
Causes of Encephalopathy ... - Differential Diagnosis ... demyelination), Infectious ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #Algorithm #Causes
Non-HCV infectious mixed cryoglobulinemia vasculitis - Diagnosis, causes and management - French Vasculitis Study Group

< 5%
cryoglobulinemia vasculitis - Diagnosis ... , causes and management ... Vasculitis Study Group ... neuropathy Treatment ... Cryoglobulinemic #Diagnosis
Causes of Facial Weakness - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Forehead Sparing = Central cause
  - Most commonly
Causes of Facial ... - Differential Diagnosis ... Palsy (70-75%), Infection ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #neurology #sparing
Microbial Etiology of Acute Pharyngitis - IDSA
Bacterial
 • Group A streptococcus - Pharyngotonsillitis, scarlet fever
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croup • EBV - Infectious ... Primary acute HIV Infection ... Pharyngitis #IDSA #diagnosis ... #differential #causes ... #bacteria #microbiology
Infographic of common causes of acute otitis media and resistance mechanisms of these bacteria. 
Streptococcus pneumoniae
Haemophilus
Infographic of common causes ... catarrhalis Group ... PenicillinBindingProtein #Resistance #microbiology ... #differential #diagnosis
Septic Arthritis: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
Notes:
- Septic Arthritis is typically monoarticular & the knee is involved
a +ve culture Microbiology ... : - Bacterial infection ... S.A. can also be caused ... across all age groups ... pathophysiology #diagnosis