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Listeriosis Summary - Listeria Monocytogenes
Pathogen: Listeria Monocytogenes - Gram-positive rod, Aerobic, facultative anaerobe, motile, beta-hemolytic, Non-spore-forming
Risk
Pregnancy • CNS infection ... Diagnosis: ... ) • CSF (CNS Infection ... #management #infectiousdiseases ... #treatment #microbiology
Listeriosis Summary - Listeria Monocytogenes
Pathogen: Listeria Monocytogenes - Gram-positive rod, Aerobic, facultative anaerobe, motile, beta-hemolytic, Non-spore-forming
Risk
Pregnancy • CNS infection ... Diagnosis: ... ) • CSF (CNS Infection ... #management #infectiousdiseases ... #treatment #microbiology
Hantavirus
Pathogen: Hantavirus - Rodents are the primary reservoir
Transmission:
 • Shed in the urine, feces, saliva of
common route of infection ... +/- diarrhea Diagnosis ... #management #treatment ... #microbiology # ... infectiousdiseases
Tularemia - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Francisella tularensis - Aerobic fastidious gram-negative Coccobacillus - Zoonotic Infection
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Coccobacillus - Zoonotic Infection ... Culture & GS, PCR Treatment ... #management #treatment ... #infectiousdiseases ... #microbiology
CAPD-associated peritonitis (Continuous Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis) - 5 Things To Know
Diagnosis (Two of the following):
(1) Clinical
Microbiology: • ... diverticulitis) Treatment ... Conncomitant catheter infection ... Washington University ID ... #Management #InfectiousDiseases
Cyclosporiasis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Pathogen: 
 • Cyclospora cayetanensis
 • Foodborne, waterbone, and soil-transmitted.
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transmission as zoonotic infection ... Treatment: • TMP-SMX-DS ... #management #treatment ... #microbiology # ... infectiousdiseases
Chagas Disease (American trypanosomiasis) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Acute Chagas Disease (8-12 weeks):
 • Mild: Malaise,
trypanosomiasis) - Diagnosis ... • Treatment: ... useful for chronic infection ... #Management #Microbiology ... #InfectiousDiseases
Aeromonas spp - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Aeromonas spp: Gram-negative Rods, oxidase positive and glucose fermenter.
Virulence: Toxin
Diarrhea • Wound Infection ... blood cultures Treatment ... #Management #microbiology ... #InfectiousDiseases ... #treatment
Toxocariasis
Pathogen: Toxocara - worldwide distributed helminth 
Transmission: 
 • Dogs and cats are the major source
Humans acquire the infection ... of infective eggs ... larva migrans Diagnosis ... #management #infectiousdiseases ... #treatment #microbiology
Candida Glabrata
Species of Candida Most Commonly Isolated in Bloodstream Infections
 • Symptomatic mucosal infection is detected
Symptomatic mucosal infection ... Treatment: • Exhibits ... CGlabrata #candidemia #diagnosis ... fungemia #management #infectiousdiseases ... #microbiology