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Although the diagnosis of osteomyelitis is often based on radiologic results showing a lytic center with a ring of sclerosis, blood culture is the first to be done to direct the treatment towards the causative organism +
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Repeat x-ray in 2 weeks will only serve to delay the diagnosis, and it is insensitive before 2-3 weeks +
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Gram-negative bacteria are more common in some subpopulations, including intravenous drug users and splenectomized patients +
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nafcillin/oxacillin is the antibiotic of choice to start with as most of the causative organism is Staphylococcus aureus or coagulasenegative (methicillin-sensitive) Staphylococci +
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Influenza virus best diagnosed with viral antigen detection using nasopharyngeal swab +
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Neuraminidase inhibitor drugs (zanamivir and oseltamivir) are approved for both influenza A and influenza B, and the recommended to be used with Influenza +
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It can be used only after ulceration of the vesicles to prevent bacterial super infection +
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In pelvic inflammatory disease, you should exclude pregnancy first, and then culture the discharge for proper therapy +
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It is a term used to describe the formation of abnormal new bone in the periosteum , and occurs late in bone infection. +
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The presentation is very clearly a presentation of ischemic pain, and treatment should comes first before the confirmative test, although all are mandatory to be done +
Direct inhibition of the ETC occurs by disrupting electron transport. It is usually seen with agents like carbon monoxide and cyanide. Inhibition of the ETC does not lead to fever since energy production decreases. +
Oxaloacetate is the end-product produced by pyruvate carboxylase. This enzyme does not require GTP. +