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By Dr. Sara Dong @swinndong via Febrile [febrilepodcast.com  @febrilepodcast]
#ID  #InfectiousDiseases  #Infections
#Microbiology #Micro
#Differential #Ddx
febrilepodcast] #ID ... #InfectiousDiseases ... #Infections #Microbiology ... #Ixodes #Ixodestick ... #tick #Lyme #tickbite
By Dr. Sara Dong @swinndong via Febrile [febrilepodcast.com  @febrilepodcast]
#ID  #InfectiousDiseases  #Infections
#Microbiology #Micro
#Differential #Ddx
febrilepodcast] #ID ... #InfectiousDiseases ... #Infections #Microbiology ... #Ixodes #Ixodestick ... #tick #Lyme #tickbite
Lyme Disease - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lyme Disease Epidemiology:
- Spirochete
- Reservoir: small mammals & birds
- Transmitted
Lyme Disease - Diagnosis ... tick - Ixodes ... Disease Treatment ... cefotaxime or PCN ... #Management #treatment
Tularemia - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Francisella tularensis - Aerobic fastidious gram-negative Coccobacillus - Zoonotic Infection
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single or multiple nodes ... Culture & GS, PCR ... Treatment: ... #infectiousdiseases ... #microbiology
Borrelia recurrentis on Peripheral Blood Smear
23M Somali refugee recently arrived w/severe abd pain, confusion and fever
and is spread by Ixodes ... and Ornithodoros ticks ... The table below ... LBRF can be diagnosed ... antibodies or PCR