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By Dr. Sara Dong @swinndong via Febrile [febrilepodcast.com  @febrilepodcast]
#ID  #InfectiousDiseases  #Infections
#Microbiology #Micro
#Differential #Ddx
InfectiousDiseases #Infections ... #Microbiology # ... Micro #Differential ... #Ddx #Diagnosis ... Ixodes #Ixodestick #tick
Blood culture contaminants
Grouped by gram negative vs gram positive vs other as well as never/maybe/probably
Some additional
other as well as never ... #Microbiology # ... Micro #Differential ... #Ddx #Diagnosis ... #bcx #contaminant
By Dr. Sara Dong @swinndong via Febrile [febrilepodcast.com  @febrilepodcast]
#ID  #InfectiousDiseases  #Infections
#Microbiology #Micro
#Differential #Ddx
#Microbiology # ... Micro #Differential ... #Ddx #Diagnosis ... Ixodes #Ixodestick #tick ... #Lyme #tickbite
#tachenoir #eschar #fever #Rash #rickettsia #rickettsial #parkeri #akari #africae #conorii #orientia #tsutsugamushi #tick #mite 
By Dr.
tachenoir #eschar #fever ... tsutsugamushi #tick ... #Microbiology # ... Micro #Differential ... #Ddx #Diagnosis
Eosinophilic meningitis
#eosinophilicmeningitis #eosmeningitis #angiostrongylus #baylisascaris #gnathostoma #raccoon #snail

By Dr. Sara Dong @swinndong via Febrile [febrilepodcast.com
InfectiousDiseases #Infections ... #Microbiology # ... Micro #Differential ... #Ddx #Diagnosis ... eosinophilia #eosinophil #fever
Travel History - Clues to Infectious Disease Diagnosis in a Traveler 
 • Where did you
Leptospirosis ... Rabies, cat scratch fever ... Chikungunya, Zika - Tick ... → Rickettsia, Lyme ... Blood transfusion
Bradycardia - Differential Diagnosis Framework

BRADI Mnemonic
 • BRASH/Hyperkalemia
 • Reduced oxygen/Glucose/Temp
 • ACS
 • Drugs
 •
- Differential Diagnosis ... Drugs • ICP / Infections ... + Abscess • Sick ... : • Lyme disease ... Babesiosis • Leptospirosis
Approach to Joint Pain - Diagnostic Framework

1) Chronicity
2) Inflammatory vs Non-Inflammatory
3) Number of Joints Involved

1) Chronicity:
to Joint Pain - Diagnostic ... acute rheumatic fever ... Noninflammatory • Bloody ... tumor • Non-bloody ... gout (memory trick
Guide to Interpretation of Positive Blood Cultures

I arrange the potential Gram stain results that one can
Interpretation of Positive Blood ... call from the micro ... BloodCultures #BCx ... Interpretation #Laboratory #Microbiology ... #Diagnosis
Duke's Criteria for Infective Endocarditis
Definite IE - Pathologic Criteria:
 • Pathologic lesions - vegetation or intracardiac
Predisposition • Fever ... Immunologic phenomena • Micro ... : + bcxs that do ... evidence of active infection ... #Endocarditis #diagnosis