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My Patient with Infective Endocarditis (IE) Has Negative Blood Cultures
 - Did they receive antibiotics prior
Did they receive antibiotics ... Decreased yield due to antibiotic ... therapy - Number one cause ... of culture negative ... Diagnosis #Management #Algorithm
Causes of Culture Negative Abscess - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Consider prior antibiotics as a cause of a
Causes of Culture ... Negative Abscess ... Consider prior antibiotics ... as a cause of a ... Differential #Diagnosis #InfectiousDiseases
Causes of Isolated Neutropenia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Congenital
Medications
 • Anticonvulsants
 • Antibiotics
 • Antithyroid
 • Antihypertensive
Causes of Isolated ... Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Anticonvulsants • Antibiotics ... Bacteria • Gram Negative ... #Causes #Hematology
IDSA Algorithm for the Management of Purulent skin and soft tissue infections (SSTIs). 
Mild infection: for
IDSA Algorithm for ... drainage plus oral antibiotics ... have failed oral antibiotic ... including those caused ... #SSTIs #Algorithm
Schizophrenia: Pathogenesis and Symptoms
Increased dopaminergic transmission in mesolimbic projection
-> Dopaminergic neurons here project into the limbic
is thought to cause ... is thought to cause ... Negative Symptoms ... Schizophrenia #pathophysiology ... diagnosis #symptoms #signs
CNS Infections - Viral Encephalitis and Bacterial Meningitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Viral Encephalitis:
MCC: Enteroviruses (e.g., coxsackievirus
Photophobia • Nausea ... Acute meningeal signs ... in 70%-85% • Negative ... Previous antibiotics ... Monocytogenes or gram negative
Rapidly Progressive Glomerulonephritis (RPGN)
RPGN has three primary pathophysiologic causes differentiated by immunofluorescence

Immune Complex Mediated (granular staining):
three primary pathophysiologic ... causes differentiated ... Pauci-immune mediated (Negative ... differential #diagnosis #algorithm
Management of patients with known or suspected malignant pleural effusion (MPE) - An Official ATS/STS/STR Clinical
individualized on a case-by-case ... care (intravenous antibiotics ... should be made on a case-by-case ... there are any signs ... Effusions #MPE #Algorithm
The algorithm below shows how pre-test probability could be combined with various criteria to determine which
The algorithm below ... probability) and negative ... (~0.5%) and a negative ... HSV PCR would cause ... on the basis of CSF
Type 2 Diabetes - Screening, Diagnosis and Management Algorithm
Lifestyle  Modifications (Diet and Exercise) -> Start
and Management Algorithm ... • 1st degree relative ... • Secondary Causes ... Pancreatic Disease (CF ... Targets #Management #algorithm