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Loiasis - Loa loa Life Cycle
1) Fly (genus Chrysops) takes a meal (L3 larvae enter bite
Loiasis - Loa loa ... proboscis #Loiasis ... Loaloa #LifeCycle #diagnosis ... pathophysiology #infectiousdiseases
Etiologies of Meningitis - Acute (1-14d) vs Chronic (>14 days)

#meningitis #differential #diagnosis #pathogens #causes #acute #chronic
#differential #diagnosis ... #pathogens #causes ... acute #chronic #infectiousdiseases
HACEK is the acronym commonly used to describe and help doctors to remember a group of
which can also cause ... endocarditis is caused ... endocarditis is caused ... #Diagnosis #InfectiousDiseases
Clinical Examination of Patients With Infectious Disease

#PhysicalExam #Findings #Signs #InfectiousDiseases #Diagnosis
Clinical Examination ... Findings #Signs #InfectiousDiseases ... #Diagnosis
Causes of Relative Bradycardia - Note the propensity for intracellular organisms.
Infectious: 
Legionella, Psittacosis, Q fever, Typhoid
Causes of Relative ... #bradycardia #Causes ... #differential #diagnosis ... #infectiousdiseases
Acute Fever in-from the Tropics - Clinical Examination

#Tropics #Traveler #Fever #Differential #Signs #Diagnosis #InfectiousDiseases
the Tropics - Clinical ... Differential #Signs #Diagnosis ... #InfectiousDiseases
Rapidly Growing Mycobacterial Infections

 • Mycobacterium abscessus - Is the most pathogenic and the most likely
most likely to cause ... It can also cause ... Reported cases associated ... Mycobacterium #diagnosis ... #differential #infectiousdiseases
Fatality / Mortality Calculations in an Outbreak
There are a number of different types of rates, risks,
outbreak: - Case ... / # of people diagnosed ... # of deaths in cases ... - Symptomatic case ... #Calculating #InfectiousDiseases
Infective Endocarditis: Modified Duke Criteria
Clinical Criteria: 
1. Two major criteria 
2. One major and three minor
Duke Criteria Clinical ... #Diagnosis #InfectiousDiseases
Causes of blood culture negative infective endocarditis

Bartonella spp, Brucella spp, Coxiella burnetii, Chlamydia spp, Tropheryma whipplei,
Causes of blood ... febrilepodcast] #BCNIE #Causes ... #differential #diagnosis ... #causes #culture ... #Endocarditis #InfectiousDiseases