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An immune cell hunting a bacterium among red blood cells. It almost gets distracted by another
among red blood ... cells. ... Filmed through a microscope ... #clinical #microbiology ... #video #microscopy
Rigors And Bacteremia - Overview

• Rigors are a response to the release of cytokines and prostaglandins
Rigors And Bacteremia ... PATHOPHYSIOLOGY: ... Stimulate immune cells ... transport across blood-brain ... #Pathophysiology
Hyperkalemia Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
R/O Pseudo-hyperkalemia:
 • Possible Lab error! Alwavs Repeat Blood sample!
 • Leukocytosis, Thrombocytosis:
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Alwavs Repeat Blood ... while drawing blood ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm ... potassium #high #pathophysiology
Septic Arthritis: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
Notes:
- Septic Arthritis is typically monoarticular & the knee is involved
cases - decr blood ... a +ve culture Microbiology ... : - Bacterial infection ... SepticArthritis #pathophysiology
Diarrhea Workup and Management Algorithm in Transplant Patients
First Tier Microbiologic-Testing:
1. C. difficile PCR (Stool)
2. CMV qPCR
and Management Algorithm ... CMV qPCR (Serum/Blood ... Bacterial culture ... Breath test for bacterial ... Workup #Management #Algorithm
Causes of Hematuria - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Red blood cells on urine microscopy. Must exclude false positives
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Red blood cells ... on urine microscopy ... with polyangiitis/microscopic ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Fever - Pyrogen Pathophysiology

EXOGENOUS PYROGEN
 • Bacteria: Lipopolysaccharide components, peptidoglycans and muramyl peptide derivatives, Toxins
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Fever - Pyrogen Pathophysiology ... EXOGENOUS PYROGEN • Bacteria ... Stimulate immune cells ... transport across blood-brain ... Fever #Fever #Pathophysiology
Chronic Diarrhea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Steatorrhea
 - Maldigestive
    • Pancreatic Insufficiency
 - Primary
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Malabsorption • Bacterial ... (Small Volume/ Bloody ... Cancer • Microscopic ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Urinalysis & Urine Sodium 
Theophilus Protospatharius, a seventh-century physician who wrote the first manuscript focused exclusively
Blood (hemoglobin ... Microscopic exam ... • Bacteria, yeast ... • Red blood cells ... casts: • White blood
X-Linked Agammaglobulinemia: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
The epidemiology of this disease is 1/340,000 births and roughly double
from precursor cells ... in blood and bone ... infection, especially bacterial ... infections (e.g. bacterial ... Agammaglobulinemia #XLinked #pathophysiology