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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
#rodent #infections ... plague #rats #infectiousdisease ... #fever #differential ... #diagnosis #management ... #treatment #table
Suspected catheter-related bloodstream infection - Management Algorithm
 • Temperature 37.8 C   • Rigors
Antibiotic Management ... Antibiotic Management ... • Persistent fever ... • Persistent fever ... options and is: • Afebrile
Causes of Relative Bradycardia - Note the propensity for intracellular organisms.
Infectious: 
Legionella, Psittacosis, Q fever, Typhoid
Infectious: Legionella ... , Non-infectious ... bradycardia #Causes #differential ... #diagnosis #infectiousdiseases ... #table #NonInfectious
Eosinophilic meningitis
#eosinophilicmeningitis #eosmeningitis #angiostrongylus #baylisascaris #gnathostoma #raccoon #snail

By Dr. Sara Dong @swinndong via Febrile [febrilepodcast.com
febrilepodcast] #ID #InfectiousDiseases ... #Infections #Microbiology ... #Micro #Differential ... eosinophilia #eosinophil #fever ... #febrile
#tachenoir #eschar #fever #Rash #rickettsia #rickettsial #parkeri #akari #africae #conorii #orientia #tsutsugamushi #tick #mite 
By Dr.
tachenoir #eschar #fever ... @swinndong via Febrile ... febrilepodcast] #ID #InfectiousDiseases ... #Infections #Microbiology ... #Micro #Differential
Asplenia Management
 • Key Pathogens: H. influenzae type b, Neisseria meningitidis, Capnocytophaga spp, Malaria, Babesia
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Asplenia Management ... Emergency use antibiotic ... Medical Care: Fever ... or systemic infection ... @swinndong via Febrile
Coverage of common antibiotics used in the hospital

For empiric coverage, first define the type of infection,
define the type of infection ... ampicillin #management ... #infectiousdisease ... #antibiotics ... pharmacology #table
Considerations for progression of disease while on antimicrobial therapy:
 - Source Control?
 - Wrong bug?
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@swinndong via Febrile ... febrilepodcast] #InfectiousDiseases ... #Infections #progression ... #checklist #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Management
"Initial management of FEBRILE NEUTROPENIA. Adapted from the 2011 Infectious Diseases Society of America guidelines"-McMaster Textbook
"Initial management ... of FEBRILE NEUTROPENIA ... from the 2011 Infectious ... #Fever #Neutropenic ... #InfectiousDiseases
“Step by Step” – the new kid on the block – aims to risk stratify this
serious bacterial infections ... an infant with fever ... #Diagnosis #Management ... Pediatrics #Peds #Febrile ... Algorithm #LP #Antibiotics