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Introduction
Case1:
Vomiting
Case 2:
Cough & fever
Case 3: Bruising
Case 4: Sore
throat
Case 5: Jaundice
Case 6: Flu & fever
Case 7: Diarrhea
Case 8: Black
Robe
Case 9: Back Pain Catching the
beast
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Rounding
up the usual suspects.
- History and physical (you
probably saw this coming)
- Look and listen
- Specific signs of inflammation or infection.
- Local (rubor, dolor, tumor.....)
- Systemic (fever, malaise....)
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- General Laboratory and X-Ray findings
- CBC: increased WBC count and specific
'shift' in cell populations.
- Chemistries: organ specific enzyme elevations.
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- Go for the bug itself.
- Culture
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throat, sputum, stool, etc.
- Specimen collection is very important.
- Tissue biopsy for culture or micro
identification.
- P. carinii
- Blood smear for malaria
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More of the usual
suspects.
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