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Causes of Culture Negative Abscess - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Consider prior antibiotics as a cause of a
Causes of Culture Negative ... as a cause of a negative ... Sweet's Syndrome, hidradenitis ... AnnKumfer #Culture #Negative ... Differential #Diagnosis #InfectiousDiseases
Candidemia Workup and Management - IDSA Guidelines
1) Antibiotics
 • Empiric: Echinocandins (e.g. micafungin) for most patients
Candidemia Workup ... and Management - IDSA ... Susceptibilities, Negative ... #candidiasis #treatment ... #fungal #fungemia
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
 • Epidemiology: 10-180/100,000, Typically Age 20-40, F:M
and Management Summary ... • Immunologic Workup ... pANCA anti-MPO - Negative ... life-threatening • Treatment ... Diagnosis #Management #Summary
CAPD-associated peritonitis (Continuous Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis) - 5 Things To Know
Diagnosis (Two of the following):
(1) Clinical
• 15-35% Gram negative ... diverticulitis) Treatment ... peritonitis • Fungal ... prior abx use, fungal ... Diagnosis #Management #InfectiousDiseases
Tularemia - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Francisella tularensis - Aerobic fastidious gram-negative Coccobacillus - Zoonotic Infection
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and Management Summary ... fastidious gram-negative ... Culture & GS, PCR Treatment ... diagnosis #management #treatment ... #infectiousdiseases
Blood Culture-Negative Infective Endocarditis (BCNIE)
Definition: No etiology found after 3 separate blood cultures remain negative for
Blood Culture-Negative ... cultures remain negative ... microbiological techniques Work-up ... #differential #workup ... #infectiousdiseases
Septic Arthritis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Clinical Exam: hot, swollen, pain with passive AND active ROM
and Management Summary ... viral arthritis Workup ... arthritis diagnosis Treatment ... staphylococcus, gram negative ... patient admitted for treatment
Disseminated Gonococcal Infection - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Bacteremic spread of the Gram-negative diplococci Neisseria gonorrhoeae. History
and Management Summary ... spread of the Gram-negative ... typically part of the workup ... #Microbiology #InfectiousDiseases
Coccidiomycosis - Diagnosis
Diagnosis:
 • Mildly elevated peripheral WBC, Eosinophilia (25%), Elevated ESR, Procalcitonin normal (95%)
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trend response to treatment ... Culture (ElA may be negative ... Coccidioides #Diagnosis #workup ... #infectiousdiseases
IDSA Summary of recommendations on drugs for use in a treatment regimen for patients with
multidrug-resistant tuberculosis,
IDSA Summary of ... drugs for use in a treatment ... evidence, and relative ... effects on death and treatment ... pharmacology #ebm #idsa