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Listeriosis Summary - Listeria Monocytogenes
Pathogen: Listeria Monocytogenes - Gram-positive rod, Aerobic, facultative anaerobe, motile, beta-hemolytic, Non-spore-forming
Risk
Listeriosis Summary ... food, salad bar Clinical ... Gastroenteritis) • PCR ... infectiousdiseases #treatment ... #microbiology
Listeriosis Summary - Listeria Monocytogenes
Pathogen: Listeria Monocytogenes - Gram-positive rod, Aerobic, facultative anaerobe, motile, beta-hemolytic, Non-spore-forming
Risk
Listeriosis Summary ... food, salad bar Clinical ... Gastroenteritis) • PCR ... infectiousdiseases #treatment ... #microbiology
Chagas Disease (American trypanosomiasis) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Acute Chagas Disease (8-12 weeks):
 • Mild: Malaise,
and Management Summary ... PCR is gold standard ... • Treatment: ... PCR not useful for ... #Management #Microbiology
Tularemia - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Francisella tularensis - Aerobic fastidious gram-negative Coccobacillus - Zoonotic Infection
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and Management Summary ... Culture & GS, PCR ... Treatment: ... • Severe Disease ... infectiousdiseases #microbiology
Lyme Disease - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lyme Disease Epidemiology:
- Spirochete
- Reservoir: small mammals & birds
- Transmitted
Lyme Disease - Diagnosis ... and Management Summary ... Clinical Progression ... cefotaxime or PCN ... #treatment
Visceral Leishmaniasis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Species: Leishmania donovani, Leishmania infantum, Leishmania chagasi
Where: South Asia, East
and Management Summary ... histopathology, culture, PCR ... , K39) Treatment ... #management #treatment ... infectiousdiseases #microbiology
Premature Ventricular Complexes (PVC's) - Summary Framework

Why PVCs?  Can be the first manifestation of cardiac
Complexes (PVC's) - Summary ... Differential Diagnosis ... more intensive treatment ... #diagnosis #differential ... #cardiology
Chagas Disease (American trypanosomiasis) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Acute Chagas Disease (8-12 weeks):
 • Mild: Malaise,
and Management Summary ... PCR is gold standard ... • Treatment: ... PCR not useful for ... #Management #Microbiology
Renal Cell Carcinoma (RCC) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Clinical features - Classic triad (flank pain, hematuria,
) - Diagnosis and ... Management Summary ... Clinical features ... Imaging and Treatment ... #Summary
Cyclosporiasis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Pathogen: 
 • Cyclospora cayetanensis
 • Foodborne, waterbone, and soil-transmitted.
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and Management Summary ... routine O&P • Clinical ... relevance of +PCR ... #management #treatment ... #microbiology #