S2 Ep21: Things We Do For No Reason in Pediatrics #2: How to stop relying on blood cultures and X-rays!
The Cribsiders
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How to Identify a Non-Pyrulent Cellulitis
Culturing the skin in non-transylitis is completely useless, so don't do that. You should go for the point of maximal inflammation in those situations and actually stick the tuberculin needle with a little bit of saline into that maximal inflamed area. The other part is you can just see... It's wildly helpful. What you think the organism is, and if they don't get better, you could then in two days broaden the antibiotics.
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