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Listeriosis Summary - Listeria Monocytogenes
Pathogen: Listeria Monocytogenes - Gram-positive rod, Aerobic, facultative anaerobe, motile, beta-hemolytic, Non-spore-forming
Risk
Diagnosis: • Stool culture ... available • Blood culture ... 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
Diagnosis: • Stool culture ... available • Blood culture ... Monocytogenes #diagnosis #management ... #infectiousdiseases ... #treatment #microbiology
Causes of blood culture negative infective endocarditis

Bartonella spp, Brucella spp, Coxiella burnetii, Chlamydia spp, Tropheryma whipplei,
Causes of blood culture ... identified with modern culture ... diagnosis #causes #culture ... #Endocarditis #InfectiousDiseases ... #Microbiology #
Coverage of common antibiotics used in the hospital

For empiric coverage, first define the type of infection,
then review prior cultures ... Obtain cultures ... ampicillin #management ... #infectiousdisease ... #antibiogram #pharmacology
MonkeyPox Virus - Summary Review - What we know so far

 • History
 • Epidemiology
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Monkeypox #diagnosis #management ... #virus #infectiousdiseases ... #microbiology #
Psittacosis 
Pathogen: Chlamydia psittaci - obligate intracellular gram negative
Transmission:
 • Birds are the primary reservoir
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test • PCR • Culture ... Chlamydia #psittaci #microbiology ... #diagnosis #management ... #treatment #infectiousdiseases
IDSA Recommendations for empirical antimicrobial therapy for purulent meningitis based on patient age and specific predisposing
Empiric #Coverage #InfectiousDiseases ... #Pharmacology # ... Management
Recommendations for specific antimicrobial therapy in bacterial meningitis based on isolated pathogen and susceptibility testing.

#IDSA #Meningitis
Pathogens #Isolated #InfectiousDiseases ... #Pharmacology # ... Management
Dengue Fever - Diagnosis and Management Summary 
Dengue Fever → Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever →Dengue Hemorrhagic Shock
Diagnosis and Management ... Treatment: Supportive Management ... Fever #Diagnosis #Management ... #microbiology # ... InfectiousDiseases
Tularemia - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Francisella tularensis - Aerobic fastidious gram-negative Coccobacillus - Zoonotic Infection
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Diagnosis and Management ... Serology (preferred), Culture ... tularensis #diagnosis #management ... #treatment #infectiousdiseases ... #microbiology