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Rodent-associated Bacterial infections: Leptospirosis, Rat-bite fever, Tularemia, Plague 

#rodent
#infections
#leptospirosis
#tularemia
#ratbitefever
#plague
#rats
#infectiousdisease
#fever
#differential
#diagnosis
#management
#treatment
#table
Leptospirosis, Rat-bite fever ... #rodent #infections ... plague #rats #infectiousdisease ... #fever #differential ... #diagnosis #management
Approach to Thrombocytosis - Elevated Platelet Count - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Peripheral Smear concerning for malignancy?
Platelet Count - Differential ... → Refer to hematology ... for workup, including ... : Chronic infections ... Thrombocytosis #Platelets #Differential
Adjuvant therapies in critical care: steroids to treat infectious diseases
 - Severe Community Acquired Pneumonia
steroids to treat infectious ... Pneumonia - Typhoid fever ... ventilation, ARDS acute ... Corticosteroids #Adjuvant #InfectiousDiseases ... #Management #Treatment
Causes of Gallbladder Wall Thickening
Primary Wall Thickening:
1 . Acute calculous cholecystitis
2. Acute acalculous cholecystitis
3. Chronic cholecystitis
4.
Chronic cholecystitis ... Systemic Processes: Liver ... pancreatitis Other: Infectious ... Typhoid, Dengue fever ... Thickening #Causes #differential
Fever and Rash - Differential Diagnosis Framework
 • Viral: Measles, Infectious Mono (EBV, CMV), Acute HIV,
Fever and Rash - ... Differential Diagnosis ... Viral: Measles, Infectious ... Mono (EBV, CMV), Acute ... Medicine @SCVMCMed #Fever
Acute-on-Chronic Liver Failure (ACLF) Clinical Guidelines

ACLF = possibly reversible condition in those with CLD (± cirrhosis)
Acute-on-Chronic ... Coagulation Failure Infections ... #Chronic #Liver ... Failure #Cirrhosis #Hepatology ... gastroenterology #management
Q Fever (Coxiella Burnetii) - Acute vs Chronic Diagnosis and Management

Acute:
 - Self-limited flu-like illness
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Q Fever (Coxiella ... and Management ... Osteoarticular infection ... #acute #chronic ... #diagnosis #management
Checklist for Evaluation of New-Onset Delirium in the ICU

Initial assessment 
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Vital signs, neuro exam
- CBC with differential ... Additional tox/infectious ... workup as appropriate ... Trauma - Acute ... (fever, leukocytosis
Oroya Fever
Hematologic disease caused by Bartonella bacilliformis
Restricted to the Andes highlands of Peru & Ecuador
B. bacilliformis:
Oroya Fever Hematologic ... Presentation ​- Acute ... Inflammation: high fever ... gabrieltalledop #Oroya #Fever ... #diagnosis #management
Causes of Severe Aortic Regurgitation - Differential Diagnosis
Acute:
 • Leaflet: Traumatic Rupture, Acute Infective Endocarditis, Acute
Regurgitation - Differential ... Injury to Root Chronic ... - Leaflet: • Infection ... Endocarditis, Rheumatic Fever ... Inflammatory: Infectious