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Listeriosis Summary - Listeria Monocytogenes
Pathogen: Listeria Monocytogenes - Gram-positive rod, Aerobic, facultative anaerobe, motile, beta-hemolytic, Non-spore-forming
Risk
culture (Invasive disease ... ) • CSF (CNS Infection ... Monocytogenes #diagnosis #management ... #infectiousdiseases ... #treatment #microbiology
Listeriosis Summary - Listeria Monocytogenes
Pathogen: Listeria Monocytogenes - Gram-positive rod, Aerobic, facultative anaerobe, motile, beta-hemolytic, Non-spore-forming
Risk
culture (Invasive disease ... ) • CSF (CNS Infection ... Monocytogenes #diagnosis #management ... #infectiousdiseases ... #treatment #microbiology
Tularemia - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Francisella tularensis - Aerobic fastidious gram-negative Coccobacillus - Zoonotic Infection
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Diagnosis and Management ... Coccobacillus - Zoonotic Infection ... : • Severe Disease ... #treatment #infectiousdiseases ... #microbiology
Chagas Disease (American trypanosomiasis) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Acute Chagas Disease (8-12 weeks):
 • Mild: Malaise,
Diagnosis and Management ... • Treatment: ... useful for chronic infection ... #Microbiology # ... InfectiousDiseases
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections ... • Nodular or ... NTM Pearls: • Corneal ... diagnosis • Microbiologic ... differential #diagnosis #infectiousdiseases
Aeromonas spp - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Aeromonas spp: Gram-negative Rods, oxidase positive and glucose fermenter.
Virulence: Toxin
Diagnosis and Management ... waters, wastewater Disease ... #microbiology # ... InfectiousDiseases ... #treatment
Chagas Disease - American Trypanosomiasis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Chagas disease (American trypanosomiasis) is an infectious
Diagnosis and Management ... trypanosomiasis) is an infectious ... family Route of infections ... Vector-borne (most ... Trypanosomiasis #Diagnosis #Management
Cutaneous larva migrans skin Rash
25 F recent Caribbean vacation, walked barefoot on sand and now with
host: penetrate corneal ... No treatment is ... rates of recurrent disease ... Diseases Fellowship ... dermatology #clinical #photo
Chagas Disease (American trypanosomiasis) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Acute Chagas Disease (8-12 weeks):
 • Mild: Malaise,
Diagnosis and Management ... • Treatment: ... useful for chronic infection ... #Microbiology # ... InfectiousDiseases
Toxocariasis
Pathogen: Toxocara - worldwide distributed helminth 
Transmission: 
 • Dogs and cats are the major source
Humans acquire the infection ... Migrans (VLM) • Ocular ... Toxocara #diagnosis #management ... #infectiousdiseases ... #treatment #microbiology