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Hantavirus
Pathogen: Hantavirus - Rodents are the primary reservoir
Transmission:
 • Shed in the urine, feces, saliva of
common route of infection ... • Prodrome: fever ... , weakness +/- diarrhea ... • Autopsy PCR Treatment ... #microbiology #infectiousdiseases
Travel History - Clues to Infectious Disease Diagnosis in a Traveler 
 • Where did you
Travel History - Clues ... → Travelers' diarrhea ... Rabies, cat scratch fever ... HPI #Interview #InfectiousDiseases ... #Infections #differential
Causes of Hypernatremia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Hypernatremia - Excess free water loss, Serum Sodium >145 mmol/L
High
Causes of Hypernatremia ... - Differential ... Osmotic diuresis (see ... loss • Watery Diarrhea ... ICU patients • Fever
Clinical Presentations Suggestive of Infectious Diarrhea Etiologies
 • Persistent or chronic diarrhea - Cryptosporidium spp, Giardia
Suggestive of Infectious ... and parasitic infections ... can cause fever ... appendicitis • Nausea ... #differential #
Kawasaki Disease (KD) - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Kawasaki Disease (KD) is the most common vasculitis of
Presentation: • Fever ... , Cough • +/-Nausea ... , vomiting, diarrhea ... cæxist with other infections ... diagnossi #management #treatment
Lung Infections in HIV - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Disease by CD4 Count:
Any CD4 Count:
 • Mycobacterium tuberculosis,
Lung Infections ... in HIV - Differential ... pain, chronic diarrhea ... vomiting, and diarrhea ... #diagnosis #infectiousdiseases
Causes of Fever in the Immunocompromised Host - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Structural Defect - Asplenia/HypospIenism
 • Bacteremia/Septic
Causes of Fever ... Immunocompromised Host - Differential ... Bronchitis • Chronic Diarrhea ... #Fever #Immunocompromised ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes
Cyclosporiasis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Pathogen: 
 • Cyclospora cayetanensis
 • Foodborne, waterbone, and soil-transmitted.
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transmission as zoonotic infection ... • Anorexia, Nausea ... cramping, Watery diarrhea ... , Low-grade fever ... #microbiology #infectiousdiseases
Acute Retroviral Syndrome
Acute Retroviral Syndrome is the symptomatic presentation of acute human immunodeficiency virus infection

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Headache (45%) • Fever ... , vomiting, diarrhea ... 14%), in which case ... • New onset SLE ... antibody test) Treatment
C.diff - Clostridioides Difficile Infection (CDI) - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

Clinical Presentation + Progression:
Clostridioides Difficile Infection ... ABx) → Acute Diarrhea ... mucus, Abd pain, Fever ... #1 nosocomial infection ... #infectiousdiseases