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Chronic Diarrhea - Workup
Osmotic:
 • Consider food diary and trial avoiding certain foods or meds, Consider
Chronic Diarrhea - Workup ... meds, Consider diagnostic ... hydrogen breath test ... performed, may show melanosis ... Chronic #Diarrhea #Workup
Dengue Fever - Diagnosis and Management Summary 
Dengue Fever → Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever →Dengue Hemorrhagic Shock
Dengue Fever - Diagnosis ... Rash, Vomiting, Positive ... Tourniquet test ... pain, Myalgia Diagnosis ... #microbiology #InfectiousDiseases
Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) - Diagnosis and Workup Summary
Use a positive diagnostic strategy with minimal testing.
and Workup Summary ... Use a positive ... cultures, but test ... risk • Routine colonoscopy ... missing things" → fewer
Disseminated Gonococcal Infection - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Bacteremic spread of the Gram-negative diplococci Neisseria gonorrhoeae. History
the preferred test ... typically part of the workup ... • Test all patients ... syndrome: • Fever ... #Microbiology #InfectiousDiseases
Tuberculosis Testing

LATENT TB
• LTBI is diagnosed when an asymptomatic patient has a positive TST or IGRA
TB • LTBI is diagnosed ... patient has a positive ... • The positive ... #Workup #TB #Latent ... LatentTB #ActiveTB #InfectiousDiseases
Coccidiomycosis - Diagnosis
Diagnosis:
 • Mildly elevated peripheral WBC, Eosinophilia (25%), Elevated ESR, Procalcitonin normal (95%)
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Diagnosis: • Mildly ... Confirm when ElA is positive ... in response to positive ... immunodiffusion test ... #workup #infectiousdiseases
Fever of Unknown Origin (FUO) Diagnostic Algorithm
STEP 1 Perform a comprehensive history and complete physical examination.
STEP
Fever of Unknown ... tuberculosis skin test ... STEP 4 Any positive ... ofaa132/5828054 #Fever ... #Algorithm #infectiousdiseases