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By Marcela Santana @Marcelaaos via Febrile [febrilepodcast.com @febrilepodcast]
#ID  #Infectious Diseases  #Infections
#Microbiology #Micro
#Leptospirosis #Leptospira #epidemiology
febrilepodcast] #ID ... #Infectious Diseases ... #Infections #Microbiology ... Leptospirosis #Leptospira #epidemiology ... #riskfactors #rodents
By Marcela Santana @Marcelaaos via Febrile [febrilepodcast.com @febrilepodcast]
#ID  #Infectious Diseases  #Infections
#Microbiology #Micro
#Leptospirosis #Leptospira #epidemiology
febrilepodcast] #ID ... #Infectious Diseases ... #Infections #Microbiology ... Leptospirosis #Leptospira #epidemiology ... #riskfactors #rodents
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 ... Cardiopulmonary Syndrome ... +/- diarrhea Diagnosis
Infections Rats can Transmit to Humans
Other infections not highlighted include Lassa fever, Plague, Salmonella, Tularemia etc

Rat
Infections Rats ... Humans Other infections ... Rat Feces: - Hantavirus ... InfectiousDiseases #Diagnosis ... #Management #Rodents
Differentiation Syndrome in APML
Epidemiology:
 • Incidence: common in APL (2-48% depending on the study)
 • Triggers:
Differentiation Syndrome ... in APML Epidemiology ... ATRA treatment Pathophysiology ... : Infection (sepsis ... Differentiation #Syndrome
Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Summary

Acute AIDP that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness

Epidemiology:
 • 1-2 cases/100,000 per
flaccid weakness Epidemiology ... Guillain-Barre Pathophysiology ... response preceding infection ... Guillain-Barre Diagnosis ... #diagnosis #management
Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS)
Acute autoimmune demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness
Epidemiology:
 • Incidence: 1
Guillain-Barré Syndrome ... flaccid weakness Epidemiology ... to a preceding infection ... the underlying pathophysiology ... Guillain #Barre #Syndrome
CPPD vs Gout

== CPPD == 

Think About CPPD When:
 • Self-limited synovitis after surgery/trauma (> 65
disease states Pathophysiology ... concomitant infection ... • Metabolic syndrome ... (diuretics) Epidemiology ... concomitant infection
TAFRO

TAFRO syndrome was first described in 2010, standing for:
- Thrombocytopenia
- Anasarca
- Fever
- Reticulin fibrosis
- Organomegaly

TAFRO syndrome
severe anasarca Epidemiology ... vasculitis - Infectious ... fast bacterial infection ... cell lymphoma Pathophysiology ... Histopathological Diagnoses
PFAPA Syndrome - Periodic Fever, Aphthous Stomatitis, Pharyngitis, and Adenitis

EPIDEMIOLOGY:
PFAPA is the most common syndrome entailing
and Adenitis EPIDEMIOLOGY ... fever (FMF) PATHOPHYSIOLOGY ... The diagnosis of ... upper respiratory infection ... #Diagnosis