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Internal Medicine Essentials for Students

Infectious Disease Section

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Approach to Fever (Chapter 49)

Infection Mimics - Review this table of common mimics of infectious diseases that can present with fever.

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Sepsis Syndrome (Chapter 50)

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.

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Common Upper Respiratory Problems (Chapter 51)

Acute Sinusitis - Review the predictive acute sinusitis criteria to estimate the probability of acute sinusitis.

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Urinary Tract Infection (Chapter 52)

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.

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Sexually Transmitted Disease (Chapter 53)

Condyloma acuminata - View veneral warts.

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.

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.

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Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection (Chapter 54)

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 the most recent guidelines for anti-retroviral treatment of patients with HIV

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Health Care Associated Infections (Chapter 55)

Common Pathogens - Review a table of common hospital acquired pathogens by site

Intravascular Catheters - Review the different types of intravascular catheters.

Intravascular Catheter Infection - Review the differential diagnosis of intravascular catheter infections.

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Tuberculosis (Chapter 56)

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.

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Community Acquired Pneumonia (Chapter 57)

Empiric Antibiotics - View a table of recommended empiric antibiotic therapy for pneumonia.

Pneumonia Severity - Use this tool to estimate the severity of pneumonia in a patient and for recommendations for site of care

Pneumonia Severity - Use this tool to estimate a patient’s mortality from pneumonia

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.

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Infective Endocarditis (Chapter 58)

Roth Spots - View an example of roth spots

Janeway Lesions - View an example of Janeway lesions

Osler Nodes - View an example of Osler Nodes

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.

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Osteomyelitis (Chapter 59)

Physical exam for Osteomyelitis - View a table of history and physical exam elements for osteomyelitis

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.