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Spinal Epidural Abscess - Illness Script
Epidemiology:
 - Patients at risk for bacteremia: IVDU, dental abscess, HD
Illness Script Epidemiology ... Alcoholism, DM, HIV Microbiology ... but rare triad: Fever ... weakness, sensory changes ... #diagnosis #management
Guide to Interpretation of Positive Blood Cultures

I arrange the potential Gram stain results that one can
clusters, pairs, chains ... call from the micro ... Fewer positive cultures ... reason to go to micro ... Interpretation #Laboratory #Microbiology
C.diff - Clostridioides Difficile Infection (CDI) - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

Clinical Presentation + Progression:
Diagnosis and Management ... mucus, Abd pain, Fever ... toxic megacolon Epidemiology ... equivocal • CT A/P: Assess ... diagnostic uncertainty (Bx