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Stool Cultures - Indications in Diarrhea
Patient Categories to Order Stool Cultures On:
 • Persisting 1 week
Stool Cultures - ... immunocompromised, IBD ... , age > 70, pregnant ... infectious causes of acute ... 196 (1.5%) had a positive
Algorithm for the Evaluation of Acute Diarrhea (< 7 days)
Are the following present?
   1.
Evaluation of Acute ... Routine stool culture ... Ova and parasite testing ... positive 2. ... management #algorithm #workup
Tuberculosis Testing

LATENT TB
• LTBI is diagnosed when an asymptomatic patient has a positive TST or IGRA
patient has a positive ... Mycobacterial culture ... Liquid and solid cultures ... Mycobacterial culture ... #Diagnosis #Workup
Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) - Diagnosis and Workup Summary
Use a positive diagnostic strategy with minimal testing.
Diagnosis and Workup ... Summary Use a positive ... strategy with minimal testing ... Routine stool cultures ... allergy/ sensitivity testing
Antenatal Visits - Testing and Schedule
At Every Visit:	
 • Gestational Age	
 • BP
 • Maternal Weight
Protein Blood Work ... Glucose Tolerance Testing ... 30 weeks) • Position ... Anatomy • Fetal ... Antenatal #Visits #Testing
Disseminated Gonococcal Infection - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Bacteremic spread of the Gram-negative diplococci Neisseria gonorrhoeae. History
sets of blood cultures ... susceptibility testing ... • Laboratory testing ... typically part of the workup ... afebrile • Acute
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
13 Dangerous Causes of Headache:
 - subarachnoid hemorrhage: family history, PCKD, known berry aneurysm, sudden and
head in dependent position ... at home or at work ... ) - acute angle ... preeclampsia: late pregnancy ... Killers #Lethal #Fatal
The crusade against “Ab”Normal Saline continues.  This is a non-physiologic fluid that can harm our
and Mg2+ whose positive ... ECF and ICF both work ... must now lose a positive ... can easily be fatal ... patients we are all treating
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
presents with acute ... to 12 weeks for acute ... Urinary antigen testing ... infection have positive ... blood cultures