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By Marcela Santana @Marcelaaos via Febrile [febrilepodcast.com @febrilepodcast]
#ID  #Infectious Diseases  #Infections
#Microbiology #Micro
#Leptospirosis #Leptospira #epidemiology
ID #Infectious Diseases ... Leptospirosis #Leptospira #epidemiology ... #riskfactors #rodents
By Marcela Santana @Marcelaaos via Febrile [febrilepodcast.com @febrilepodcast]
#ID  #Infectious Diseases  #Infections
#Microbiology #Micro
#Leptospirosis #Leptospira #epidemiology
ID #Infectious Diseases ... Leptospirosis #Leptospira #epidemiology ... #riskfactors #rodents
Fatality / Mortality Calculations in an Outbreak
There are a number of different types of rates, risks,
outbreak: - Case ... from a certain disease ... diagnosed with disease ... # of deaths in cases ... InfectiousDiseases #Epidemiology
Sensitivity is the proportion of truly diseased persons in the screened population who are identified as
proportion of truly diseased ... identified as diseased ... correctly diagnose a case ... that any given case ... #Epidemiology #Sensitivity
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Pyoderma Gangrenosum: Autoimmune disorder resulting in a vasculitis which causes slowly progressive 
ulceration of the skin.
vasculitis which causes ... number of systemic diseases ... inflammatory bowel disease ... suffers from Crohn's Disease ... Images #Clinical #Photo
Leptospirosis
Pathogen: Leptospira (interrogans, kirschneri, noguchii)
Risk Factors:
 • Occupational exposure - Farmers, ranchers, trappers, veterinarians
 • Recreational
Presentation: • Mild disease ... non-productive cough, nausea ... Meningitis • Weil's Disease ... Severe pulmonary disease ... Diagnosis: • Epidemiologic
Graves Disease - Autoimmune Hyperthyroidism
Epidemiology: Most common cause of hyperthyroidism, Incidence peaks at 30-50
Diagnosis: 
1 )
Graves Disease - ... Hyperthyroidism Epidemiology ... : Most common cause ... UTSWIMchief #Graves #Disease
USMLE Epidemiology and Biostatistics Summary
Meta-Analysis: pools data from several studies (greater power), limited by quality/bias of
USMLE Epidemiology ... Proves cause-effect ... group without disease ... but not on the causal ... rishimd #USMLE #Epidemiology
Hand, Foot, and Mouth Disease: A febrile illness (caused by Coxsackie Virus) associated vesicle formation on
Foot, and Mouth Disease ... febrile illness (caused ... Vesicle #UCSDH #Photo
Benign Familial Pemphigus (Hailey-Hailey Disease): Idiopathic recurrent erruptions, in this
case affecting this axilla.

Charlie Goldberg, M.D. -
(Hailey-Hailey Disease ... erruptions, in this case ... Hailey #Axillae #Photo