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Endocarditis checklist
Initial evaluation
 • Peripheral blood cultures (three sets at three different sites)
 • Additional culture
Endocarditis checklist ... • Persistent fever ... • Aggressive management ... Internet Book of Critical ... #Endocarditis #checklist
Spinal Epidural Abscess - Illness Script
Epidemiology:
 - Patients at risk for bacteremia: IVDU, dental abscess, HD
Alcoholism, DM, HIV Microbiology ... most common (63%) Clinical ... but rare triad: Fever ... weakness, sensory changes ... source: blood cultures
Visceral Leishmaniasis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Species: Leishmania donovani, Leishmania infantum, Leishmania chagasi
Where: South Asia, East
Diagnosis and Management ... infantum, Leishmania chagasi ... 2-6 months • Fever ... histopathology, culture ... infectiousdiseases #microbiology
Chagas Disease (American trypanosomiasis) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Acute Chagas Disease (8-12 weeks):
 • Mild: Malaise,
Diagnosis and Management ... Mild: Malaise, fever ... Disease": T. cruzi + clinical ... T.cruzi without clinical ... #Microbiology #
CAPD-associated peritonitis (Continuous Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis) - 5 Things To Know
Diagnosis (Two of the following):
(1) Clinical
following): (1) Clinical ... Positive effluent culture ... Note that fever ... Microbiology: • ... peritonitis #Diagnosis #Management
Admitting in the ICU - Checklist
VITALS: If bad, stop and go see the patient immediately; you
Admitting in the ICU - Checklist ... esp in work-up/management ... MICRO: Make sure cultures ... bedside echo is never ... #ICU #Pearls #Checklist
Guide to Interpretation of Positive Blood Cultures

I arrange the potential Gram stain results that one can
Positive Blood Cultures ... clusters, pairs, chains ... Remember that clinician ... Fewer positive cultures ... Interpretation #Laboratory #Microbiology
Chagas Disease (American trypanosomiasis) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Acute Chagas Disease (8-12 weeks):
 • Mild: Malaise,
Diagnosis and Management ... Mild: Malaise, fever ... Disease": T. cruzi + clinical ... T.cruzi without clinical ... #Microbiology #