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Tularemia - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Francisella tularensis - Aerobic fastidious gram-negative Coccobacillus - Zoonotic Infection
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at the site of inoculation ... Pneumonic: Direct inoculation ... Culture & GS, PCR Treatment ... diagnosis #management #treatment
Rhodococcus - Microbiology Overview

Microbiology:
 • Facultative, intracellular, nonmotile, non-spore-forming
 • Aerobic acid-fast gram-positive coccobacilli
 • Produces
material • Direct inoculation ... trauma Diagnosis Treatment ... Microbiology #diagnosis #treatment
Monkeypox

What?
Monkeypox virus belongs to the family Poxviridae, subfamily Chordopoxvirinae, and genus orthopoxvirus
Viral zoonotic disease that is
Via cutaneous inoculation ... three phases: • Incubation ... : Mean incubation ... Respiratory distress Treatment
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
Histoplasmosis Treatment ... Mucormycosis Treatment ... Blastomycosis Treatment ... Cryptococcosis Treatment ... Symptoms: • Direct inoculation
Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis
DIAGNOSTICS
Paracentesis: 
 • Calculate absolute PMN count (total WBC x PMN %)
 • Correct
culture: ↑ yield by inoculating ... #prophylaxis #treatment
Thyroid Disorders and Menstrual Cycle Function

Hypothyroidism
 • Polymenorrhea (increased menstrual bleeding) is more common
 • Oligomenorrhea
Oligomenorrhea • Anovulation ... Oligomenorrhea • Anovulation
Ever had a #traveler come in to your clinic with #fever and you were not sure
differential: incubation ... idagram to match up incubation
Syphilis - Clinical Manifestations and Treatment

1) Primary Syphilis
 • Direct lesion contact during sex is responsible
Manifestations and Treatment ... transmission • Incubation ... the absence of treatment ... after infection Treatment ... diagnosis #management #Treatment
Hantavirus
Pathogen: Hantavirus - Rodents are the primary reservoir
Transmission:
 • Shed in the urine, feces, saliva of
Presentation: • Incubation ... • Autopsy PCR Treatment ... diagnosis #management #treatment
Capnocytophaga
Pathogen: Capnocytophaga
 • 9 species, C. canimorsus responsible for the majority of infections
 • Gram-negative rod,
Presentation: • Incubation ... Culture I - 14 days incubation ... Treatment: • 50% ... diagnosis #management #treatment