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American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) · ABIM Infectious Disease Certification Examination blueprint, January 2026, currently linked by ABIM and verified on 2026-10-09. The workbook label 'ABIM - Subspecialty in Infectious Disease' maps to this initial subspecialty certification examination; the assigned slug is preserved. The PDF states its revision month but does not specify a separate effective date.
This original 20-question sample covers selected topics across the outline. It does not reproduce official exam questions or cover every tested topic.
- ABIM — Blueprints
- Infectious Disease Blueprint — Certification Examination (CERT), January 2026
- ABIM — Register, Prepare and Take Your Subspecialty Certification Exam: Infectious Disease
- ABIM — Infectious Disease Certification Policies
- ABIM — Expanded Blueprints
- IDSA 2019 Guideline for the Management of Asymptomatic Bacteriuria
- CDC — Clinical and Laboratory Diagnosis for Tuberculosis
- CDC — Syphilis: STI Treatment Guidelines
- AAN/ACR/IDSA 2020 Guidelines for Lyme Disease
- CDC — Clinical Signs and Symptoms of Ehrlichiosis
- NIH — Early, Acute and Recent HIV Infection
- NIH — Cryptococcosis: Adult and Adolescent Opportunistic Infections
- NIH — Hepatitis B Virus Infection: Adult and Adolescent Opportunistic Infections
- IDSA 2026 Guidance on the Treatment of Antimicrobial Resistant Gram-Negative Infections
- SHEA/IDSA 2021 Focused Update for Clostridioides difficile Infection in Adults
- CDC — Clinical Testing and Diagnosis for Hepatitis B
- CDC — Evaluation and Diagnosis of Malaria
- CDC — Clinical Overview of Strongyloides
- IDSA 2016 Guideline for the Management of Candidiasis
- ASCO/IDSA — Antimicrobial Prophylaxis for Adult Patients With Cancer-Related Immunosuppression
- CDC — Vaccine Contraindications and Precautions
- CDC — Measles Infection Prevention and Control in Healthcare Settings
- CDC — C. diff Infection Prevention in Acute Care Facilities
- Surviving Sepsis Campaign — Adult Guidelines, 2026
- Global Definition Consensus Conference — ARDS Diagnostic Criteria
- Recommendations for the Management of Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis in Adults — 2019 Blood First Edition Manuscript, Mirrored Copy
- CDC/NIOSH — Heat-Related Illnesses
- IDSA/ESCMID 2026 Consensus Statements on Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia: Risk Stratification, Diagnostic Evaluation, and Management of Adults and Children
- IDSA 2016 Clinical Practice Guideline Update for the Diagnosis and Management of Aspergillosis
- IDSA 2016 Clinical Practice Guideline for the Treatment of Coccidioidomycosis
Infectious Disease Certification Examination
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A 61-year-old nonpregnant woman with type 2 diabetes has a urine culture obtained during routine follow-up. It grows more than 100,000 CFU/mL of E. coli, and urinalysis shows pyuria. She has no urinary symptoms, fever, or flank pain and no planned urologic procedure. What is the most appropriate management?
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