Internal Medicine Essentials for Clerkship Students
Infectious Disease Section
Approach to Fever (Chapter 45)
Infection Mimics - Review this table of common mimics of infectious diseases that can present with fever.
Sepsis Syndrome (Chapter 46)
Sepsis History and Physical Examination - Review this table for key elements in the history and physical examination of a patient with sepsis.
Meningococcemia - View the skin lesion associated with meningococcemia.
Livedo Reticularis - View a patient with livedo reticularis.
Sepsis Resuscitation Algorithm - Review this algorithm to manage the resuscitation of a patient with sepsis.
Common Upper Respiratory Problems (Chapter 47)
Centor Criteria - Review the predictive Centor criteria to estimate the probability of streptococcal pharyngitis.
Acute Sinusitis - Review the predictive acute sinusitis criteria to estimate the probability of acute sinusitis.
Urinary Tract Infection (Chapter 48)
Laboratory Tests for Urinary Tract Infection - Review this table of laboratory tests used to evaluate urinary tract infection.
Urinalysis - View a microscopic urinalysis showing pyuria.
Sexually Transmitted Disease (Chapter 49)
Condyloma acuminata - View veneral warts.
Genital Herpes Simplex - View lesions of genital herpes.
Perianal Herpes - View perianal herpes.
Laboratory Studies for Syphilis - Review this table of recommended laboratory studies for primary syphilis.
Primary Syphilis - View a chancre characteristic of primary syphilis.
Secondary Syphilis - View an example of maculopapular rash of secondary syphilis.
Mucous Patches of Secondary Syphilis - View mucous patches of secondary syphilis.
Condylomata Lata - View multiple condylomata lata.
Disseminated Gonorrhea - View a pustular lesion characteristic of disseminated gonorrhea.
Gonorrhea Gram Stain - View a Gram stain showing N. Gonorrhea.
HIV Infection (Chapter 50)
HIV Fat Redistribution - View an HIV infected patient with fat redistribution.
Central Nervous System (CNS) Lymphoma - View a CT scan of CNS lymphoma.
Oral Hairy Leukoplakia - View a patient with oral hairy leukoplakia.
Cytomegalovirus Retinitis - View an example of cytomegalovirus retinitis.
Central Nervous System (CNS) Toxoplasmosis - View a CT scan showing CNS toxoplasmosis.
Oral Candidiasis - View a patient with oral candidiasis.
Kaposi's Sarcoma - View a patient with Kaposi's sarcoma.
HIV Drugs and Side Effects - View a table of HIV drugs and their most common side effects.
HIV Course - View a graph showing the clinical course of HIV disease.
Risk Assessment - View a table outlining the risk assessment guidelines for patients with HIV.
HIV Evaluation - View a table of recommendations for initiating drug treatment for HIV infection.
Health Care Associated Infections (Chapter 51)
Intravascular Catheters - Review the different types of intravascular catheters.
Intravascular Catheter Infection - Review the differential diagnosis of intravascular catheter infections.
Tuberculosis (Chapter 52)
Reactivation Tuberculosis - View chest X-ray showing reactivation tuberculosis.
Mantoux Skin Test - View a positive Mantoux (PPD) skin test.
High Risk Patients - Review a list of persons at higher risk for tuberculosis once infected.
Community Acquired Pneumonia (Chapter 53)
H. influenzae - View a sputum Gram stain of a patient with H. influenzae pneumonia.
Staphylococcus - View a sputum Gram stain of a patient with staphylococcal pneumonia.
S. pneumoniae - View a sputum Gram stain of a patient with S. pneumoniae pneumonia.
Right Middle Lobe Pneumonia - View an x-ray of a patient with pneumonia.
Pneumonia Etiology - View a table that organizes likely bacterial etiologies of pneumonia by patient risk categories.
Pneumonia Epidemiology - View a table of epidemiological and historical characteristics and associated pathogens.
Risk Factors - View a table of modifying risk factors that are associated with specific pathogens.
Endocarditis (Chapter 54)
Splinter Hemorrhages - View an example of splinter hemorrhages.
Antibiotic Treatment - Review a table of antibiotic treatments for infective endocarditis.
Guidelines - Access the revised guidelines for prevention of infective endocarditis.
Osteomyelitis (Chapter 55)
MRI of Vertebral Osteomyelitis - View an MRI of verterbral osteomyelitis.
CT of Vertebral Osteomyelitis - Computed tomography of vertebral osteomyelitis.
Digit Osteomyelitis - View an example of osteomyelitis of a digit.