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By Dr. Sara Dong @swinndong via Febrile [febrilepodcast.com  @febrilepodcast]
#ID  #InfectiousDiseases  #Infections
#Microbiology #Micro
#Differential #Ddx
InfectiousDiseases #Infections ... #Microbiology # ... #Differential #Ddx ... Ixodes #Ixodestick #tick
By Dr. Sara Dong @swinndong via Febrile [febrilepodcast.com  @febrilepodcast]
#ID  #InfectiousDiseases  #Infections
#Microbiology #Micro
#Differential #Ddx
InfectiousDiseases #Infections ... #Microbiology # ... #Differential #Ddx ... Ixodes #Ixodestick #tick
#tachenoir #eschar #fever #Rash #rickettsia #rickettsial #parkeri #akari #africae #conorii #orientia #tsutsugamushi #tick #mite 
By Dr.
tsutsugamushi #tick ... InfectiousDiseases #Infections ... #Microbiology # ... #Differential #Ddx
Bradycardia Diagnostic and Management Algorithm

CONSIDER ETIOLOGY (not inclusive): 
 - STRUCTURAL: sick sinus, AV block, ischemia,
and Management Algorithm ... dissection - INFECTIOUS ... myocarditis, lyme + tick ... LIFE THREATENING CAUSES ... #Bradycardia #Algorithm
Acute Purpura Fulminans Skin Rash on Physical Exam 
60 year old male ITP s/p splenectomy 
1d
rigors, diarrhea, nausea ... Recent tick bite ... Ddx? ... Ddx is very broad ... - BIDMC Infectious
Anaplasma Infection - Anaplasma phagocytophilum
Pathophysiology: 
 • Obligate, intracellular bacteria
 • Transmitted via blacklegged tick —
Anaplasma Infection ... via blacklegged tick ... ), cough (30% cases ... #Anaplasma #Infection ... #diagnosis #microbiology
Hantavirus
Pathogen: Hantavirus - Rodents are the primary reservoir
Transmission:
 • Shed in the urine, feces, saliva of
: Hantavirus - Rodents ... saliva of infected rodents ... common route of infection ... barns and lake houses ... management #treatment #microbiology
Pustular Skin Rash - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Pruritic / Scaly / Erythematous lesions, usually poorly demarcated
Acneiform -
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... borders of lips Infectious ... with overlying thick ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm ... #causes
Chronic Cough - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Red Flags:
 • Fever, night sweats, chills (infection)
 • Weight loss,
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... sweats, chills (infection ... serious underlying dx ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm ... #causes
Inflammatory Joint Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 
Monoarticular
 • Gout (Podagra, Tophi)
 • Pseudogout
 • Early
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Genitourinary Infection ... Lyme Disease (Tick ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm ... #Orthopedics #Causes