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Hantavirus
Pathogen: Hantavirus - Rodents are the primary reservoir
Transmission:
 • Shed in the urine, feces, saliva of
Prodrome: fever, chills ... +/- diarrhea Diagnosis ... • Autopsy PCR Treatment ... #management #treatment ... #microbiology #infectiousdiseases
Oroya Fever
Hematologic disease caused by Bartonella bacilliformis
Restricted to the Andes highlands of Peru & Ecuador
B. bacilliformis:
Hematologic disease caused ... by Bartonella bacilliformis ... fever, malaise, chills ... Nodular → Mular DIAGNOSIS ... TREATMENT: ​• Acute
Endocarditis - Overview and Differential Diagnosis Framework

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV
and Differential Diagnosis ... Culture Negative: • Bartonella ... Generalized: Chills ... hematuria, + RF Treatment ... #cardiology #infectiousdiseases
Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome - Overview of IRIS

What Is IRIS?
	• A state of hyperinflammatory response that
of a previously diagnosed ... No specific diagnostic ... Fever, chills, lack ... unintentional weight loss, nausea ... Herpes simplex • Bartonella
Clinical Opioid Withdrawal Score (COWS)

Resting Pulse Rate: Record beats per minute after patient is sitting or
1 - subjective chills ... last ½ hour • 2 - nausea ... Hospital Opioid Use Treatment ... Buprenorphine #Score #Diagnosis ... #Addiction #Nursing
Summary of Monkeypox: Current Knowledge as of May 2022
 • What is Monkeypox?
 • Origins of
Fever (>90%), chills ... - Case-fatality ... laboratories • Treatment ... specific proven treatment ... management #virus #infectiousdiseases