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Blood culture contaminants
Grouped by gram negative vs gram positive vs other as well as never/maybe/probably
Some additional
Blood culture contaminants ... Grouped by gram negative ... Diseases #Infections ... #Microbiology # ... Micro #Differential
Causes of Culture Negative Abscess - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Consider prior antibiotics as a cause of a
Causes of Culture ... - Differential ... antibiotics as a cause ... of a negative culture ... #Differential #
Causes of blood culture negative infective endocarditis

Bartonella spp, Brucella spp, Coxiella burnetii, Chlamydia spp, Tropheryma whipplei,
Causes of blood ... culture negative ... #differential # ... #culture #negative ... InfectiousDiseases #Microbiology
Endocarditis Algorithm - Infective vs Noninfective Causes
Noninfective:
 • Malignancy
 • Autoimmune disease
 • Systemic infection
Native Valve
vs Noninfective Causes ... disease • Systemic infection ... • HACEK • Culture-negative ... #Noninfective #Causes ... #Differential #
Causes of Sudden Unexpected Death in Infancy (SUDI) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Congenital Anomaly / Disorder:
 •
Causes of Sudden ... Infancy (SUDI) - Differential ... Sudden Infant Death Syndrome ... ): • Autopsy negative ... #Peds #Pediatrics
Infective endocarditis - etiology and sources of infection. 
 • Native and prosthetic 
valve endocarditis
 •
and sources of infection ... • Native and ... Endocarditis #Sources #Causes ... Bacteria #Etiology #Differential ... #Microbiology #
Blood Culture-Negative Infective Endocarditis (BCNIE)
Definition: No etiology found after 3 separate blood cultures remain negative for
Blood Culture-Negative ... remain negative ... but important causes ... antiphospholipid syndrome ... Endocarditis #diagnosis #differential
Approach to the Hypotensive Patient - Differential Diagnosis Framework for Hypotension

Blood Pressure = Heart Rate x
Hypotensive Patient - Differential ... • Sick sinus syndrome ... : negative inotropes ... #hypotensive #differential ... #diagnosis #causes
Causes of Respiratory Distress in the Newborn - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Premature Newborn
 - Normal CXR:
Causes of Respiratory ... the Newborn - Differential ... Respiratory Distress Syndrome ... Amniotic Fluid - Infectious ... #Peds #Pediatrics
Causes of Pediatric Diarrhea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Infectious:
 • Viral
 • Bacterial
 • Parasitic
Malabsorption:
 • Lactase
Causes of Pediatric ... Diarrhea - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm Infectious ... • Short Bowel Syndrome ... #Peds #Pediatrics