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Secondary Bacterial Peritonitis (SBP) on Abdominal POCUS

Cirrhosis with fever/abd pain-?SBP. POCUS for win.  Secondary bacterial
Cirrhosis with fever ... Diverticular abscess ... Note gas bubbles ... #clinical #ultrasound ... Pneumoperitoneum #Complex
Liver Abscess on POCUS Ultrasound

Fever and RUQ pain/tenderness isn't always chole. In this patient population make
Liver Abscess on ... Fever and RUQ ... This #POCUS has ... a complex cystic ... #POCUS #Liver #
Spinal Epidural Abscess - Illness Script
Epidemiology:
 - Patients at risk for bacteremia: IVDU, dental abscess, HD
, HD catheter, endocarditis ... Alcoholism, DM, HIV Microbiology ... most common (63%) Clinical ... but rare triad: Fever ... other imaging as
Complex Ascites on POCUS
62 yo F with rec dx colon CA s/p colectomy, liver cirrhosis w
Complex Ascites ... s/p colectomy, liver ... weeks ago, no fevers ... #SBP #clinical ... ultrasound #abdominal #abscess
Waterborne Infections - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Infections that can be acquired from fresh water, brackish water, sea
(Mycobacteria abscessus ... encephalitis (GAE ... - Rhizopus Leptospirosis ... is biphasic • Clinical ... Meningitis - Liver
Pelvic Intraabdominal Abscess on POCUS
Fever, low BP with lower abd pain x 8 days-worsening. WBC-28.9K. Pelvis
on POCUS Fever, ... low BP with lower ... Patient has ruptured ... --that is what was ... #POCUS #clinical
Splenic Abscess on POCUS

Older male with IVDU presents with fever, abdominal pain and hypotension.  During
on POCUS Older ... presents with fever ... Staph was culprit ... Had Aortic valve endocarditis ... #clinical #ultrasound
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex ... Avium Complex (MAC ... patients such as ... (elevations of liver ... diagnosis • Microbiologic
Causes of Lactate Elevation, Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis

The most common causes of hyperlactatemia are usually:
a clinical prognostic ... a multitude of clinical ... / hypoxemia -> focus ... the patient’s complete ... assessment - assess
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
five major clinical ... Mississippi and Ohio River ... fungal stain of clinical ... Sinusitis • Brain abscess ... arthritis, and endocarditis