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Chagas Disease (American trypanosomiasis) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Acute Chagas Disease (8-12 weeks):
 • Mild: Malaise,
trypanosomiasis) - Diagnosis ... 12 weeks): • Mild ... • Treatment: ... #Management #Microbiology ... #InfectiousDiseases
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
• Domestic and wild ... Growers (Runyon Classification ... Growers (Runyon Classification ... • Microbiologic ... #infectiousdiseases
Rickettsiae: Spotted Fever group

R. rickettsii 
R. parkeri 
R. philipii / Rickettsia 364D
R. africae 
R. australis 
R.
R. felis Treatment ... disease - Chloramphenicol ... #Species #SFG #Diagnosis ... #InfectiousDiseases ... #Classification
Endocarditis - Overview and Differential Diagnosis Framework

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV
and Differential Diagnosis ... Hypercoagulable (APLAS) Microbiology ... hematuria, + RF Treatment ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #cardiology #infectiousdiseases
Chagas Disease (American trypanosomiasis) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Acute Chagas Disease (8-12 weeks):
 • Mild: Malaise,
trypanosomiasis) - Diagnosis ... 12 weeks): • Mild ... • Treatment: ... #Management #Microbiology ... #InfectiousDiseases
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
aches, joint pain, chest ... extrapulmonary disease ... or meningitic disease ... Sinusitis • Brain abscess ... ) #Mycoses #InfectiousDiseases
Causes of Lactate Elevation, Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis

The most common causes of hyperlactatemia are usually:
presentations and disease ... the critically ill ... assessment - assess ... before beginning treatment ... #typea #typeb #classification
Blastomycosis Summary

Pathogen: 
 • Dimorphic fungus - Blastomyces dermatitidis or Blastomyces gilchristii.
 • The fungus lives
Collagen vascular disease ... camping) The Disease ... : • Mild-moderate ... #management #treatment ... #infectiousdiseases
Babesiosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary 
Disease: Release of merozoites from erythrocytes and associated loss of
Babesiosis - Diagnosis ... Treatment: • Immunocompetent ... Patient (Mild disease ... #Management #microbiology ... #InfectiousDiseases