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Causes of Fever of Unknown Origin (FUO) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Neoplasm:
• NHL
• Hodgkin's lymphoma
• Leukemia
• Solid
- Differential Diagnosis ... Recurrent PE Bacterial ... endocarditis • Osteomyelitis ... Occult abscess • Sinusitis ... • Meningitis Bacterial
IDSA Clinical Practice Guideline for Acute Bacterial Rhinosinusitis
Algorithm for the management of acute bacterial rhinosinusitis.
IDSA Clinical Practice ... Guideline for Acute Bacterial ... management of acute bacterial ... www.thennt.com/nnt/antibiotics-for-clinically-diagnosed-acute-sinusitis ... Rhinosinusitis #Bacterial
IDSA Recommendations for Preventing and Treating Bacterial Enteric Infections in HIV-AIDS
Preventing Bacterial Enteric Illness:
 • Antimicrobial
Preventing and Treating Bacterial ... HIV-AIDS Preventing Bacterial ... prophylaxis to prevent bacterial ... days #Enteric #Bacterial ... Treatment #management #opportunistic
My Patient with Infective Endocarditis (IE) Has Negative Blood Cultures
 - Did they receive antibiotics prior
My Patient with Infective ... Did they receive antibiotics ... have a fastidious bacteria ... this be a non-bacterial ... BloodCultures #Diagnosis
Infective endocarditis - etiology and sources of infection. 
 • Native and prosthetic 
valve endocarditis
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Infective endocarditis ... and sources of infection ... for TPN) and antibiotic ... Sources #Causes #Bacteria ... #Microbiology #Diagnosis
Microbial Etiology of Acute Pharyngitis - IDSA
Bacterial
 • Group A streptococcus - Pharyngotonsillitis, scarlet fever
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Pharyngitis - IDSA ... Bacterial • ... #Pharyngitis #IDSA ... #diagnosis #differential ... #causes #bacteria
Suspected catheter-related bloodstream infection - Management Algorithm
 • Temperature 37.8 C   • Rigors
of metastatic infection ... Persistent fever and/or bacteremia ... epidural abscess, osteomyelitis ... Persistent fever and/or bacteremia ... Algorithm #CRBSI #diagnosis
Streptocccus Pneumoniae
Microbiology: Gram Positive, Alpha-hemolytic, Catalase Negative
Epidemiology - 10% adult carriers:
 • Most common cause of:
cause of: CAP, Bacterial ... Important cause of sinusitis ... septic arthritis, osteomyelitis ... Diagnosis: • Physical ... #microbiology #diagnosis
Causes of Antibiotic Failure - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Diagnosis:
 • Non-Infectious: Malignant, Autoimmune, Drug-related (NMS, serotonin syndrome,
Causes of Antibiotic ... - Differential Diagnosis ... Framework Diagnosis ... Bug: Atypical bacteria ... Aggressive: MRSA bacteremia
Cough - Diagnostic Schema

Infectious: URTI, LRTI, Bacterial, Viral
Irritant/Exposure: Allergic, Post-infectious, Pneumonitis, ACEi, PTX, Foreign Body
Airway Disease:
Cough - Diagnostic ... Schema Infectious ... : URTI, LRTI, Bacterial ... Allergic, Post-infectious ... Asthma, COPD, Sinusitis