• Acute conjunctivitis (adults) -> bacterial cause
• Acute febrile RTI > 1 week -> bacterial cause
• Acute illness (child > 2 mos) -> bacterial meningitis
• Acute illness in child (primary care) -> serious bacterial infection
• Ascites suspected -> ascites
• Cough (adult) -> pneumonia
• Cough (prolonged) (adult or adolescent) -> pertussis
• Diabetic foot ulcer -> infected wound
• Diarrhea (acute) -> cholera
• Diarrhea -> invasive diarrhea
• Dyspepsia (child) -> H. pylori infection
• Fever (>= 38 C) and age <= 3 months -> bacteremia or meningitis
• Fever -> bacteremia (positive blood culture)
• Headache -> significant intracranial abnormality
• HIV + new neuro findings -> focal CT lesion
• HIV + respiratory symptoms -> Pneumocystis pneumonia
• HIV suspected -> HIV disease
• Infectious mono suspected (adult) -> infectious mononucleosis
• Influenza suspected (pediatric) -> influenza
• Liver disease suspected -> subacute hepatic necrosis
• Malaria suspected endemic area (adult) -> malaria
• Malaria suspected endemic area (chil) -> malaria
• Malaria suspected returning traveler -> malaria
• Meningitis suspected (adults) -> meningitis
• Meningitis suspected (children) -> meningitis
• Onychomycosis suspected -> onychomycosis
• Palpable liver -> hepatomegaly
• PID suspected -> PID (any)
• Pneumonia suspected (1 to 16 yrs) -> pneumonia
• Pneumonia suspected (2 mos to 5 yrs) -> pneumonia
• Red or pink eye (adults) -> serious ocular disease
• Sinusitis suspected -> acute sinusitis
• Skin lesion -> tinea infection
• Sore throat (children) -> Group A strep pharyngitis
• Sore throat -> Group A strep pharyngitis
• Stroke -> aspiration
• TB suspected -> pulmonary tuberculosis
• Temp > 38 (0 - 8 wks) -> pneumonia
• UTI suspected (children) -> UTI
• UTI suspected (men) -> UTI
• UTI suspected (women > 50 yrs) -> UTI
• UTI suspected (women 15 - 49) -> UTI
• UTI suspected (women) -> UTI
• Vaginitis suspected -> candidiasis
• Vaginitis suspected -> trichomoniasis