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Asplenia and Infections - Important Pathogens:
 • Encapsulated bacteria: Strep pneumo, Neissera meningitidis, Capnocytophaga, H.flu, Bordetella
Asplenia and Infections ... pathogens: Malaria, Babesia ... febrilepodcast] #InfectiousDiseases ... #Infections #Asplenia ... Differential #Diagnosis #Microbiology
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#Microbiology #Micro
#Differential #Ddx
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#protozoa #toxoplasma #leishmania #trypanosoma #babesia #malaria #plasmodium #cryptosporidium #cyclospora #cystisospora #entamoeba #acanthamoeba #microsporidia

#ID  #InfectiousDiseases
#trypanosoma #babesia ... microsporidia #ID #InfectiousDiseases ... #Infections #Microbiology
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#Microbiology #Micro
#Differential #Ddx
febrilepodcast] #ID #InfectiousDiseases ... #Infections #Microbiology ... #anaplasmosis #babesia
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#Microbiology #Micro
 #babesia
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Disseminated Gonococcal Infection - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Bacteremic spread of the Gram-negative diplococci Neisseria gonorrhoeae. History
Disseminated Gonococcal Infection ... Arthritis-Dermatitis ... Tenosynovitis • Dermatitis ... Diagnosis #Management #Microbiology ... #InfectiousDiseases
Capnocytophaga
Pathogen: Capnocytophaga
 • 9 species, C. canimorsus responsible for the majority of infections
 • Gram-negative rod,
the majority of infections ... • Asplenia (greatest ... Prophylaxis (Dog bite in asplenic ... Capnocytophaga #canimorsus #microbiology ... #zoonotic #infectiousdiseases
Capnocytophaga
GNR with long fusiform shape.  Fastidious facultative anaerobe that grows slowly and needs enriched agar
C.
immunocompromised host, asplenia ... febrilepodcast] #InfectiousDiseases ... Capnocytophaga #Infection ... Diagnosis #Cats #Dogs #Microbiology
Endocarditis - Overview and Differential Diagnosis Framework

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV
Infectious: • Pre-existing ... Hypercoagulable (APLAS) Microbiology ... emboli: Cerebral > Splenic ... • Infectious insult ... Diagnosis #cardiology #infectiousdiseases