By Dr. Salim Rezaie
In keeping with the popularity of the high-yield pearls posts from nephrology, I decided to write a post giving you my 5 high-yield infectious disease (ID) pearls, beneficial for your clinical
practice and ABIM exam preparation. The purpose of these posts is to give you some concise,
practical teaching points that are supported by the medical literature.
Pearl # 1: Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia can be more complicated than getting 2