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Stool Cultures - Indications in Diarrhea
Patient Categories to Order Stool Cultures On:
 • Persisting 1 week
Stool Cultures - ... to Order Stool Cultures ... IBD, age > 70, pregnant ... infectious causes of acute ... 196 (1.5%) had a positive
Listeriosis Summary - Listeria Monocytogenes
Pathogen: Listeria Monocytogenes - Gram-positive rod, Aerobic, facultative anaerobe, motile, beta-hemolytic, Non-spore-forming
Risk
Monocytogenes - Gram-positive ... • Pregnancy ... Diagnosis: • Stool culture ... available • Blood culture ... (Invasive disease
Listeriosis Summary - Listeria Monocytogenes
Pathogen: Listeria Monocytogenes - Gram-positive rod, Aerobic, facultative anaerobe, motile, beta-hemolytic, Non-spore-forming
Risk
Monocytogenes - Gram-positive ... • Pregnancy ... Diagnosis: • Stool culture ... available • Blood culture ... (Invasive disease
Algorithm for the Evaluation of Acute Diarrhea (< 7 days)
Are the following present?
   1.
Evaluation of Acute ... Routine stool culture ... while awaiting culture ... positive 2. ... Hospitalization required #Acute
Bandemia Overview

Normal: < 1%
Clinically significant: > 10%

Band neutrophils are slightly less mature than segmented neutrophils and
• Autoimmune diseases ... odds of having positive ... cultures, including ... blood cultures ... neutrophil #WBC #CBC #hematology
Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) - Diagnosis and Workup Summary
Use a positive diagnostic strategy with minimal testing.
Summary Use a positive ... Routine stool cultures ... Rule out celiac disease ... inflammatory bowel disease ... or fecal lactoferrin
Endocarditis Summary

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV substance use
• IV catheter
• Recent
are positive in ... 90% of IE cases Culture ... (+): Acute: ... staphylococci Culture ... • Blood cultures
Hydroxychloroquine - Risks and Benefits in Lupus
Benefits:
↓ Disease activity, ↓ Flare, ↓ Damage, ↓ Corticosteroid dose,
Benefits: ↓ Disease ... SSA-associated fetal ... - Cuteanous: acute ... Worsening of other diseases ... #sideeffects #rheumatology
Rheumatology Workup - Laboratories Studies in Rheumatic Diseases

• Septic arthritis - Gram stain and culture of
Rheumatology Workup ... Gram stain and culture ... (ANA) test; if positive ... - Positive in ... Screening Tests for Acute
CPPD vs Gout

== CPPD == 

Think About CPPD When:
 • Self-limited synovitis after surgery/trauma (> 65
• Underlying disease ... • Weakly positively ... • Gram stain, culture ... Gram stain and culture ... Gout #Comparison #rheumatology