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Acute Diarrhea - Differential Diagnosis Framework
1)  Diagnostic studies only for dysentery, severe disease, >7 days
2)
Acute Diarrhea - Differential ... >7 days 2) PCR>culture ... aureus, Bacillus cereus ... Acute #Diarrhea #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Infectious
Tuberculosis Testing

LATENT TB
• LTBI is diagnosed when an asymptomatic patient has a positive TST or IGRA
TB AFB smear microscopy ... Mycobacterial culture ... Liquid and solid cultures ... Mycobacterial culture ... LatentTB #ActiveTB #InfectiousDiseases
Blood Culture-Negative Infective Endocarditis (BCNIE)
Definition: No etiology found after 3 separate blood cultures remain negative for
Blood Culture-Negative ... BCNIE Diagnostic ... #Endocarditis #diagnosis ... #differential # ... workup #infectiousdiseases
Causes of Culture Negative Abscess - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Consider prior antibiotics as a cause of a
Negative Abscess - Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... Dracunculiasis - Non-Infectious ... Blastomycosis - Non-Infectious ... #Diagnosis #InfectiousDiseases
Suspected Celiac Disease - Diagnosis Algorithm

Celiac disease suspected:
 • Signs and symptoms of celiac disease
 •
Celiac Disease - Diagnosis ... T1DM, Addisons, microscopic ... colitis Differential ... NSAlDs, ARBs) • Infection ... Matthew Ho, MD PhD
Soil Related Infections - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Mechanism Of Infection:
 • Wound
 • GI: Ingestion, MUD, Contaminated
- Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... maltophilia • Bacillus cereus ... #differential # ... diagnosis #InfectiousDiseases
CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
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HIV / AIDS - Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... specific and <25% culture ... #differential # ... opportunistic #InfectiousDiseases
Endocarditis - Overview and Differential Diagnosis Framework

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV
- Overview and Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... Infectious: • Pre-existing ... #Endocarditis #Differential ... #infectiousdiseases
Fever After International Travel

Infectious Disease:
• Endemic in either the destination or home region

Viral Syndromes:
Arboviral infections, a
function • Blood culture ... dipstick test, microscopic ... examination, culture ... Fever #Travel #Differential ... #Diagnosis #InfectiousDiseases
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
• Confirmed by culture ... , A. niger, A. terreus ... : • Culture of ... positive blood cultures ... ) #Mycoses #InfectiousDiseases