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Listeriosis Summary - Listeria Monocytogenes
Pathogen: Listeria Monocytogenes - Gram-positive rod, Aerobic, facultative anaerobe, motile, beta-hemolytic, Non-spore-forming
Risk
Listeriosis Summary ... Diagnosis: ... ) • CSF (CNS Infection ... infectiousdiseases #treatment ... #microbiology
Listeriosis Summary - Listeria Monocytogenes
Pathogen: Listeria Monocytogenes - Gram-positive rod, Aerobic, facultative anaerobe, motile, beta-hemolytic, Non-spore-forming
Risk
Listeriosis Summary ... Diagnosis: ... ) • CSF (CNS Infection ... infectiousdiseases #treatment ... #microbiology
Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis (HLH)
Pathophysiology: Triggering factor (infection,...)→Activation of CD8 T cells (IFN-y) → Excessive activation of macrophages
Purtilo (XLP) Acquired ... • Autoimmune diseases ... Unknown cause Treatment ... #management #treatment ... #summary #rheumatology
Tularemia - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Francisella tularensis - Aerobic fastidious gram-negative Coccobacillus - Zoonotic Infection
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and Management Summary ... Coccobacillus - Zoonotic Infection ... : • Severe Disease ... #management #treatment ... infectiousdiseases #microbiology
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
Bronchiectasis - Summary ... Connective tissue diseases ... , in advanced disease ... parenchyma Diagnosis ... mycobacteria Treatment
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
Complex (MAC): • Acquired ... Diagnosis Of NTM ... Exclusion of other diagnosis ... • Microbiologic ... #differential #diagnosis
Chagas Disease (American trypanosomiasis) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Acute Chagas Disease (8-12 weeks):
 • Mild: Malaise,
trypanosomiasis) - Diagnosis ... and Management Summary ... • Treatment: ... useful for chronic infection ... #Management #Microbiology
Pulmonary Renal Syndromes - OnePager Summary
Autoimmune ANCA vasculitis (AAV): GPA (granulomatous with polyangiitis), EGPA (eosinophilic granulomatosis
Syndromes - OnePager Summary ... life-threatening diseases ... Inflammatory eye disease ... confirm DAH, r/o infection ... #management #treatment
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis ... and Management Summary ... polymicrobial infection ... hemorrhage • Treatment ... Lung #Abscess #pulmonary
Endocarditis Summary

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV substance use
• IV catheter
• Recent
Endocarditis Summary ... Infectious: • Pre-existing ... devices (CIED) Non-Infectious ... Hypercoagulable (APLAS) Microbiology ... Cerebral > Splenic, pulmonary