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Causes of Culture Negative Abscess - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Consider prior antibiotics as a cause of a
Abscess - Differential ... Consider prior antibiotics ... SAPHO, Sweet's Syndrome ... Auto-Inflammatory: SAPHO syndrome ... #Abscess #Differential
The Hot and Altered Patient in the ED - Differential Diagnosis Framework
 • Heat Stroke
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Patient in the ED - Differential ... Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome ... • Serotonin Syndrome ... Toxidrome • ETOH & Sedative-Hypnotic ... fever #Altered #Differential
Pulmonary Renal Syndrome

Definition: Diffuse alveolar hemorrhage + Glomerulonephritis
Presentation (Pulmonary and renal manifestations can occur weeks apart):
Pulmonary Renal Syndrome ... symptomatology Differential ... Pulmonary Renal Syndromes ... polyangiitis) - ANCA-negative ... #differential #
Causes of Erythema Nodosum - Mnemonic

NO cause found in 60% of cases
Drugs (antibiotics e.g., sulfonamides, amoxicillin)
Oral
cases Drugs (antibiotics ... Sarcoidosis or Lofgren's syndrome ... Mnemonic #Causes #Differential
Infective endocarditis - etiology and sources of infection. 
 • Native and prosthetic 
valve endocarditis
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Native and ... for TPN) and antibiotic ... Bacteria #Etiology #Differential
DRESS-associated drugs

DRESS syndrome can be life threatening and it has a documented mortality rate of about
drugs DRESS syndrome ... The syndrome is ... anticonvulsants and antibiotic ... #DRESS #Syndrome ... Causes #Diagnosis #Differential
Stevens Johnson Syndrome and Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis - Causative Medications 
and Level of Suspicion 

High Risk:
Antigout:
Stevens Johnson Syndrome ... : allopurinol Antibiotics ... , piroxicam #Differential
Causes of Pseudocellulitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework for Cellulitis Mimics

Cellulitis: Deep skin and subcutaneous fat infection

Pseudo
Pseudocellulitis - Differential ... avoid unnecessary antibiotics ... inappropriate antibiotic ... Angioedema • Sweet syndrome ... • Compartment syndrome
Causes of Sudden Unexpected Death in Infancy (SUDI) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Congenital Anomaly / Disorder:
 •
Infancy (SUDI) - Differential ... Sudden Infant Death Syndrome ... ): • Autopsy negative ... Infancy #Infant #Differential
Etiologies of Peripheral Neuropathy
 • Metabolic / Nutritional: DiabetesB12 deficiency, Uremia/ESRD, Hypothyroidism
 • Medication-induced: ART, Antibiotics,
Medication-induced: ART, Antibiotics ... Paraprotein-associated (POEMS syndrome ... Peripheral #Neuropathy #differential