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Hantavirus
Pathogen: Hantavirus - Rodents are the primary reservoir
Transmission:
 • Shed in the urine, feces, saliva of
barns and lake houses ... Febrile illness + ARDS ... • Prodrome: fever ... management #treatment #microbiology ... #infectiousdiseases
Anaplasma Infection - Anaplasma phagocytophilum
Pathophysiology: 
 • Obligate, intracellular bacteria
 • Transmitted via blacklegged tick —
within morulae Signs ... after bite • Fever ... is rare (< 10% cases ... ), cough (30% cases ... Infection #diagnosis #microbiology
Lung Infections in HIV - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Disease by CD4 Count:
Any CD4 Count:
 • Mycobacterium tuberculosis,
• CT: Halo sign ... factor • May cause ... Infections #HIV #AIDS ... #pulmonary #differential ... #diagnosis #infectiousdiseases
Bilateral B-Lines in case of Pneumonia on Lung POCUS

Young healthy pt with fever/dyspnea. POCUS lung exam
Bilateral B-Lines in case ... healthy pt with fever ... /lung sliding: Pulmonary ... edema, ARDS, interstitial ... partially seen shred sign
Cytomegalovirus (CMV) in HIV-AIDS Patients
Cytomegalovirus (CMV): double-stranded DNA virus, herpesvirus family.
CMV infection: virus isolation or detection
of symptoms or signs ... Retinitis (Most common cause ... ) • Liver: Hepatitis ... Pancreatitis • Pulmonary ... #differential #signs
Biphasic Illness of Leptospirosis
Some patients do not progress to severe disease. Others, rapidly develop severe disease
-14 days): • Fever ... rash • Others: nausea ... dysfunction) • Pulmonary ... hemorrhage • ARDS ... Diagnosis #Illness #Signs
Pulmonary Pathology and Associated Lung Ultrasound Findings
Pneumothorax:
 - No lung sliding/barcode sign
 - Lung point (hard
sliding/barcode sign ... pleura in severe cases ... Distress Syndrome (ARDS ... submassive PE) POCUS ... #Lung #POCUS #ultrasound
Uncommon Causes of Noncardiogenic Pulmonary Edema (NCPE) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

High Altitude Pulmonary Edema:
 • Accumulation
- Low-grade fever ... respiratory failure or ARDS ... insufficiency, fever ... • Signs/Symptoms ... • Signs/Symptoms
TRALI vs TACO - Transfusion Reactions
TRALI:
 • Epidemiology: 0.1% of transfused patientsl
 • Risk factors: Critical
without other cause ... of ARDS to explain ... symptoms • Fever ... , and CXR with pulmonary ... edema) • Fever
Sarcoidosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology
1) High incidence in Scandinavian countries (11-24 cases per 100,000 individuals
General: fever, ... Pulmonary: dyspnea ... syndrome: ACUTE, fever ... presentation with fever ... Diagnosis #Management #Signs