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Causes of Culture Negative Abscess - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Consider prior antibiotics as a cause of a
Causes of Culture ... - Differential ... prior antibiotics as ... a cause of a negative ... #Diagnosis #InfectiousDiseases
Blood Culture-Negative Infective Endocarditis (BCNIE)
Definition: No etiology found after 3 separate blood cultures remain negative for
Blood Culture-Negative ... cultures remain negative ... but important causes ... Endocarditis #diagnosis #differential ... #workup #infectiousdiseases
CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
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HIV / AIDS - Differential ... Demyelinating disease caused ... • Symptoms: AMS ... #differential # ... opportunistic #InfectiousDiseases
Cold Agglutinin Disease

3 Types of Cold Sensitive Antibodies:
  1. Cold Agglutinins (CAD)
  2. Donath-Landsteiner
for anti-C3d and negative ... younger pts) Differential ... Disorders Such As ... Hemoglobinuria (PCH ... hemolytic #anemia #hematology
Approach to Joint Pain - Arthritis Differential Diagnosis Framework

Inflammatory Versus Noninflammatory Pain
 • Is it inflammatory
Pain - Arthritis Differential ... weeks) Can Be Caused ... conditions such as ... aureus • Gram-negative ... #Joint #pain #Differential
CNS Infections - Viral Encephalitis and Bacterial Meningitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Viral Encephalitis:
MCC: Enteroviruses (e.g., coxsackievirus
CNS Infections - ... in 70%-85% • Negative ... Monocytogenes or gram negative ... /l is regarded as ... rav7ks #CNS #Infections
Fever After International Travel

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

Viral Syndromes:
Arboviral infections, a
, such as Ebola ... fever - Another cause ... , and possibly PCR ... Fever #Travel #Differential ... #Diagnosis #InfectiousDiseases
6/02/2022 UPDATE: This assay is designed to detect non-variola orthopoxviruses, including monkeypox virus. It is not
monkeypox virus or to differentiate ... smallpox, the case ... as viremia generally ... Review the Negative ... results) to hospital infection
Autoimmune Myositis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Inflammatory Myopathies: Commonly symmetric proximal muscle weakness, no substantial muscle pain
Autoimmune Myositis - Differential ... Tenderness → Consider infectious ... RP-ILD), dermato-rheumatologic ... statins - probably caused ... #differential #