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Psittacosis 
Pathogen: Chlamydia psittaci - obligate intracellular gram negative
Transmission:
 • Birds are the primary reservoir
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non-productive cough, chest pain ... hemoptysis, diarrhea Diagnosis ... antibody test • PCR ... Chlamydia #psittaci #microbiology ... #diagnosis #management
Antibiotics used for the Treatment of Pseudomonas Aeruginosa in Adults
 • Penicillin-beta-lactamase combinations: Piperacillin-tazobactam, Ticarcillin-clavulanate
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Antibiotics used for the Treatment ... #Antibiotics #pharmacology ... #microbiology # ... table
Hantavirus
Pathogen: Hantavirus - Rodents are the primary reservoir
Transmission:
 • Shed in the urine, feces, saliva of
+/- diarrhea Diagnosis ... Treatment: • ... #Hantavirus #diagnosis ... #management #treatment ... #microbiology #
Dengue Fever - Diagnosis and Management Summary 
Dengue Fever → Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever →Dengue Hemorrhagic Shock
Dengue Fever - Diagnosis ... Headache, Retroocular pain ... test, Abdominal pain ... 7 days (Ig)M Treatment ... #Management #microbiology
Tularemia - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Francisella tularensis - Aerobic fastidious gram-negative Coccobacillus - Zoonotic Infection
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unilateral symptoms (pain ... Culture & GS, PCR ... Treatment: ... #management #treatment ... infectiousdiseases #microbiology
Visceral Leishmaniasis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Species: Leishmania donovani, Leishmania infantum, Leishmania chagasi
Where: South Asia, East
Malaise, Abdominal Pain ... histopathology, culture, PCR ... , K39) Treatment ... #management #treatment ... infectiousdiseases #microbiology
Listeriosis Summary - Listeria Monocytogenes
Pathogen: Listeria Monocytogenes - Gram-positive rod, Aerobic, facultative anaerobe, motile, beta-hemolytic, Non-spore-forming
Risk
CNS infection Diagnosis ... Gastroenteritis) • PCR ... Monocytogenes #diagnosis ... infectiousdiseases #treatment ... #microbiology
Left Main Coronary Artery Thrombus seen on Angiography

“Mother of all coronary thrombi”.  55 year old
Left Main Coronary ... predicted Left main ... taken for Primary PCI ... established, but died on table ... CathLab #clinical #cardiology
Back to the "10 Need to Know" series - Drug Therapeutic Target Levels. 

For lithium, target
vary depending on treatment ... Ranges #Toxicology #Pharmacology ... #Diagnosis #Table
Managing warfarin INR

Warfarin dosage must be individualized according to the patient's response to the drug, and
management #algorithm #pharmacology ... #treatment #medications ... #table #pharmacotherapy ... #decisionaid #cardiology