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Serious Bacterial Illness (SBI):
1) UTI and pyelonephritis
Most common cause of SBI
Accounts for 3-8% of uncharacterized fevers
Female
pyelonephritis Most common cause ... uncharacterized fevers ... Consider BCx, CSF evaluation ... Diagnosis #Peds #EM ... SeriousBacterialIllness #Ddxof
Blood Culture-Negative Infective Endocarditis (BCNIE)
Definition: No etiology found after 3 separate blood cultures remain negative for
BCNIE relies on evaluation ... but important causes ... - PCR for ... ID_fellows #BCNIE #BloodCulture ... differential #workup #infectiousdiseases
Visceral Leishmaniasis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Species: Leishmania donovani, Leishmania infantum, Leishmania chagasi
Where: South Asia, East
mediterranean, Middle ... 2-6 months • Fever ... Weight Loss • Can cause ... histopathology, culture, PCR ... management #treatment #infectiousdiseases
CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
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presentation, temporal evolution ... • Symptoms: Fever ... • Symptoms: Fever ... Demyelinating disease caused ... opportunistic #InfectiousDiseases
Fever After International Travel

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

Viral Syndromes:
Arboviral infections, a
- Another cause ... polymerase-chain-reaction (PCR ... testing of a saliva sample ... , and possibly PCR ... Differential #Diagnosis #InfectiousDiseases
Summary of Monkeypox: Current Knowledge as of May 2022
 • What is Monkeypox?
 • Origins of
- Prodrome: Fever ... - Case-fatality ... • Diagnosis: PCR ... lesions (ideally sample ... management #virus #infectiousdiseases