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Tularemia - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Francisella tularensis - Aerobic fastidious gram-negative Coccobacillus - Zoonotic Infection
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Diagnosis and Management ... Ulceroglandular: Fever ... at the site of inoculation ... Pneumonic: Direct inoculation ... tularensis #diagnosis #management
Ever had a #traveler come in to your clinic with #fever and you were not sure
Ever had a #traveler ... your clinic with #fever ... differential: incubation ... idagram to match up incubation ... infectiousdisease #fever
Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis
DIAGNOSTICS
Paracentesis: 
 • Calculate absolute PMN count (total WBC x PMN %)
 • Correct
culture: ↑ yield by inoculating ... if other signs (fever ... SBP #diagnosis #management
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
respiratory symptoms • Fever ... infection • Cough, fever ... Symptoms: • Direct inoculation ... • Isolated fever ... Fungal #Diagnosis #Management
Fever in Returning Traveler - ABCDE Mnemonic
A - Adventure - Where did the patient travel? 
B
Fever in Returning ... Undifferentiated fever ... symptoms (Period of incubation ... @ID_fellows #Fever
Faget Sign - Pulse-Temperature Dissociation
Causes of Relative Bradycardia
 • Infectious Causes: Legionella, Psittacosis, Q fever, Typhoid
Psittacosis, Q fever ... , Typhoid fever, ... , Dengue fever, ... Mountain spotted fever ... , Drug fever
Fever Patterns - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Continuous Fever:
Temp > 38°C with only 1 degree fluctuation in 24
Fever Patterns - ... Continuous Fever ... (Step ladder: fever ... Intermittent Fever ... or no fever
Oroya Fever
Hematologic disease caused by Bartonella bacilliformis
Restricted to the Andes highlands of Peru & Ecuador
B. bacilliformis:
Oroya Fever Hematologic ... coccobacillus - Incubation ... Inflammation: high fever ... gabrieltalledop #Oroya #Fever ... #diagnosis #management
Causes of Relative Bradycardia - Note the propensity for intracellular organisms.
Infectious: 
Legionella, Psittacosis, Q fever, Typhoid
Psittacosis, Q fever ... , Typhoid fever, ... , Dengue fever, ... Mountain spotted fever ... , Drug fever
Hantavirus
Pathogen: Hantavirus - Rodents are the primary reservoir
Transmission:
 • Shed in the urine, feces, saliva of
Presentation: • Incubation ... • Prodrome: fever ... Hantavirus #diagnosis #management