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Anaplasma Infection - Anaplasma phagocytophilum
Pathophysiology: 
 • Obligate, intracellular bacteria
 • Transmitted via blacklegged tick —
phagocytophilum Pathophysiology ... intracellular bacteria ... is rare (< 10% cases ... ), cough (30% cases ... Infection #diagnosis #microbiology
Infographic of common causes of acute otitis media and resistance mechanisms of these bacteria. 
Streptococcus pneumoniae
Haemophilus
Infographic of common causes ... mechanisms of these bacteria ... PenicillinBindingProtein #Resistance #microbiology
Streptocccus Pneumoniae
Microbiology: Gram Positive, Alpha-hemolytic, Catalase Negative
Epidemiology - 10% adult carriers:
 • Most common cause of:
Streptocccus Pneumoniae Microbiology ... • Most common cause ... of: CAP, Bacterial ... media • Important cause ... Pneumoniae #strep #microbiology
Septic Arthritis: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
Notes:
- Septic Arthritis is typically monoarticular & the knee is involved
involved in >50% of cases ... a +ve culture Microbiology ... : - Bacterial infection ... S.A. can also be caused ... SepticArthritis #pathophysiology
Lower Urinary Tract Infections: Complications
 - Infection damages the urinary tract epithelium causing fibroblast proliferation and
Pyelonephritis - Bacterial ... - In males, bacteria ... Urease-producing bacteria ... urea which may cause ... UrinaryTractInfection #LUTI #Pathophysiology
Gonorrhea: Pathophysiology

 - Neonatal Transmission -> Direct contact of patient mucosa with mother's infected mucosa while
Gonorrhea: Pathophysiology ... infected mucosa Bacterial ... cell surface -> Bacteria ... antibodies and causes ... #Gonorrhea #Pathophysiology
Bell's Palsy
Bell’s Palsy is a damage, acute weakness, or paralysis of the Facial nerve (7th CN),
an identifiable cause ... The cause is unknown ... virus    - Or Bacterial ... #Bells #Palsy #neurology ... #anatomy #pathophysiology
Infective endocarditis - etiology and sources of infection. 
 • Native and prosthetic 
valve endocarditis
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Endocarditis #Sources #Causes ... #Bacteria #Etiology ... #Differential #Microbiology
Childhood Immunization Schedule: Why we immunize
 • Diphtheria Toxin -> URT inflammation causes pseudomembrane with hardened
via droplets, bacterial ... Maternal viremia causes ... pneumoniae -> Bacterial ... , meningitis & bacteremia ... peds #pediatrics #pathophysiology
Tree in Bud Sign
The Tree-in-Bud sign represents Endobronchial spread in a linear branching pattern and centrilobular
It is caused by ... actually seen in all causes ... bronchiolitis ljke bacterial ... pneumonia, congenital causes ... radiology #ChestCT #pathophysiology