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By Marcela Santana @Marcelaaos via Febrile [febrilepodcast.com @febrilepodcast]
#ID  #Infectious Diseases  #Infections
#Microbiology #Micro
#Leptospirosis #Leptospira #management
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Bandemia Overview

Normal: < 1%
Clinically significant: > 10%

Band neutrophils are slightly less mature than segmented neutrophils and
Normal: < 1% Clinically ... peripheral blood leukocytes ... • Autoimmune diseases ... likelihood of negative clinical ... superior indicator of infection
Lower Urinary Tract Infection: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings

- Predisposing Factors:  Immunocompromised state, diabetes, elderly, female
Urinary Tract Infection ... Pathogenesis and Clinical ... Malaise, Incr WBC ... (>10 WBC/gL) ... (+) Nitrites, Leukocyte
Listeriosis Summary - Listeria Monocytogenes
Pathogen: Listeria Monocytogenes - Gram-positive rod, Aerobic, facultative anaerobe, motile, beta-hemolytic, Non-spore-forming
Risk
food, salad bar Clinical ... culture (Invasive disease ... ) • CSF (CNS Infection ... Monocytogenes #diagnosis #management ... infectiousdiseases #treatment #microbiology
Listeriosis Summary - Listeria Monocytogenes
Pathogen: Listeria Monocytogenes - Gram-positive rod, Aerobic, facultative anaerobe, motile, beta-hemolytic, Non-spore-forming
Risk
food, salad bar Clinical ... culture (Invasive disease ... ) • CSF (CNS Infection ... Monocytogenes #diagnosis #management ... infectiousdiseases #treatment #microbiology
Approach to Joint Pain - Arthritis Differential Diagnosis Framework

Inflammatory Versus Noninflammatory Pain
 • Is it inflammatory
, erythema and WBC ... effusion with few WBCs ... morning • Effusion leukocyte ... Rheumatologic Disease ... burgdorferi (Lyme disease
Red cell autoagglutination is the process whereby red cells clump together forming aggregates. This is seen
cold agglutinin disease ... and Infection with ... Mycoplasma Pneumonia or Infectious ... #Clinical #Path ... Smear #Microscopy #RBC
Red cell autoagglutination is the process whereby red cells clump together forming aggregates. This is seen
cold agglutinin disease ... and Infection with ... Mycoplasma Pneumonia or Infectious ... #Clinical #Path ... Smear #Microscopy #RBC
Septic Arthritis: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
Notes:
- Septic Arthritis is typically monoarticular & the knee is involved
Pathogenesis and clinical ... clarity, >50000 WBC ... a +ve culture Microbiology ... : - Bacterial infection
Common Variable Immunodeficiency (CVID)

What?
CVID: Immunodeficiency disorder with hypogammaglobulinemia -> increased infection risk secondary to impaired B-cell
to 8 years Clinical ... • Chronic lung disease ... • Infectious ... and M panel Management ... hematology #diagnosis #management