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A 27-year-old man with a 2-year history of recurrent, painful skin lesions. A diagnosis of hidradenitis
A diagnosis of hidradenitis ... Clinical #Derm #IM #Hidradenitis ... #HidradenitisSuppurativa
Purulent Buttocks Drainage in Hidradenitis Suppurativa 

#Purulent #Buttocks #Drainage #Hidradenitis #Suppurativa #clinical #video #dermatology #PhysicalExam
Buttocks Drainage in Hidradenitis ... Buttocks #Drainage #Hidradenitis
Blood Culture Collection Algorithm - Adult Patients with Suspected Systemic Infection 

Pawlowicz et al evidenced based
Blood Culture Collection ... to obtain blood cultures ... drawing blood cultures ... warrant blood cultures ... warrant blood cultures
Causes of Culture Negative Abscess - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Consider prior antibiotics as a cause of a
Causes of Culture ... of a negative culture ... Sweet's Syndrome, hidradenitis ... Kumfer @AnnKumfer #Culture
Stool Cultures - Indications in Diarrhea
Patient Categories to Order Stool Cultures On:
 • Persisting 1 week
Stool Cultures - ... to Order Stool Cultures ... positive stool culture ... iMedEducation #Stool #Cultures
Duke's Criteria for Infective Endocarditis
Definite IE - Pathologic Criteria:
 • Pathologic lesions - vegetation or intracardiac
demonstrated by culture ... Positive blood cultures ... separate blood cultures ... positive blood culture ... positive blood culture
Endocarditis checklist
Initial evaluation
 • Peripheral blood cultures (three sets at three different sites)
 • Additional culture
Peripheral blood cultures ... • Additional culture ... fever, positive cultures ... Obtain single blood culture
My Patient with Infective Endocarditis (IE) Has Negative Blood Cultures
 - Did they receive antibiotics prior
Negative Blood Cultures ... antibiotics prior to cultures ... Number one cause of culture
Endocarditis - Duke Criteria - Major and Minor

MAJOR CRITERIA: 
 - Persistently +ve blood culture for
Persistently +ve blood culture ... Positive blood cultures
Bandemia Overview

Normal: < 1%
Clinically significant: > 10%

Band neutrophils are slightly less mature than segmented neutrophils and
having positive cultures ... including blood cultures ... sensitivity of 67% for culture ... sensitivity of 48% for culture ... sensitivity of 82% for culture