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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, Tularemia ... plague #rats #infectiousdisease ... #fever #differential ... #management #treatment
Cat-Related Zoonoses - Differential Diagnosis Framework

 • Saliva: Bartonella henselae, Pasteurella multocida, Rabies, Capnocytophaga, Tularemia, Cowpox
Cat-Related Zoonoses ... multocida, Rabies, Capnocytophaga ... lamblia, Toxocara cati ... #Feline #Zoonoses ... #Microbiology #InfectiousDiseases
Capnocytophaga
Pathogen: Capnocytophaga
 • 9 species, C. canimorsus responsible for the majority of infections
 • Gram-negative rod,
flora of healthy cats ... • Cellulitis: Fever ... Treatment: • 50% ... microbiology #zoonotic #infectiousdiseases ... diagnosis #management #treatment
List of Zoonotic Diseases

Armadillos - Sporothrix schenckii (sporotrichosis), Mycobacterium leprae (leprosy)
Bamboo rats - Talaromyces marneffei (formerly
gondii (cat feces ... virus Dogs - Capnocytophaga ... loa (deer fly), Myiasis ... #Zoonotic #zoonoses ... differential #diagnosis #InfectiousDiseases
List of Zoonotic Diseases

Armadillos - Sporothrix schenckii (sporotrichosis), Mycobacterium leprae (leprosy)
Bamboo rats - Talaromyces marneffei (formerly
gondii (cat feces ... virus Dogs - Capnocytophaga ... loa (deer fly), Myiasis ... #Zoonotic #zoonoses ... differential #diagnosis #InfectiousDiseases
Capnocytophaga
GNR with long fusiform shape.  Fastidious facultative anaerobe that grows slowly and needs enriched agar
C.
Capnocytophaga GNR ... cavity of dogs (and cats ... septic shock with fever ... febrilepodcast] #InfectiousDiseases ... #Capnocytophaga
Visceral Leishmaniasis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Species: Leishmania donovani, Leishmania infantum, Leishmania chagasi
Where: South Asia, East
2-6 months • Fever ... Weight Loss • Can ... culture, PCR, K39) Treatment ... diagnosis #management #treatment ... #infectiousdiseases
C.diff - Clostridioides Difficile Infection (CDI) - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

Clinical Presentation + Progression:
mucus, Abd pain, Fever ... post-ABx, but can ... equivocal • CT ... IDSA 2021 CDI Treatment ... #infectiousdiseases
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
body • Bird and bat ... respiratory symptoms • Fever ... infection • Cough, fever ... • Isolated fever ... ) #Mycoses #InfectiousDiseases
CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
 •
infections when cART ... Antimicrobial treatment ... • Symptoms: Fever ... • Symptoms: Fever ... opportunistic #InfectiousDiseases