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Hantavirus
Pathogen: Hantavirus - Rodents are the primary reservoir
Transmission:
 • Shed in the urine, feces, saliva of
• Hantavirus PCR ... • Autopsy PCR ... Treatment: • ... diagnosis #management #treatment ... #microbiology #infectiousdiseases
Psittacosis 
Pathogen: Chlamydia psittaci - obligate intracellular gram negative
Transmission:
 • Birds are the primary reservoir
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antibody test • PCR ... danger of aerosol) Treatment ... first line of treatment ... diagnosis #management #treatment ... #infectiousdiseases
Listeriosis Summary - Listeria Monocytogenes
Pathogen: Listeria Monocytogenes - Gram-positive rod, Aerobic, facultative anaerobe, motile, beta-hemolytic, Non-spore-forming
Risk
Gastroenteritis) • PCR ... diagnosis #management #infectiousdiseases ... #treatment #microbiology
Listeriosis Summary - Listeria Monocytogenes
Pathogen: Listeria Monocytogenes - Gram-positive rod, Aerobic, facultative anaerobe, motile, beta-hemolytic, Non-spore-forming
Risk
Gastroenteritis) • PCR ... diagnosis #management #infectiousdiseases ... #treatment #microbiology
Tularemia - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Francisella tularensis - Aerobic fastidious gram-negative Coccobacillus - Zoonotic Infection
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Culture & GS, PCR ... Treatment: ... diagnosis #management #treatment ... #infectiousdiseases
An Algorithm for the Management of Seizures

The management of active seizures is algorithmic, starting with a
An Algorithm for ... active seizures is algorithmic ... Pharmacologic treatment ... detailed in the algorithm ... The focus is on
Assessment and Treatment of Severe Asthma, According to Inflammatory Phenotypes, in Patients without a Response to
Assessment and Treatment ... #Management #PCC ... Asthma #Severe #Algorithm
Visceral Leishmaniasis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Species: Leishmania donovani, Leishmania infantum, Leishmania chagasi
Where: South Asia, East
histopathology, culture, PCR ... , K39) Treatment ... diagnosis #management #treatment ... #infectiousdiseases
CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
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pathogens, including PML ... Antimicrobial treatment ... Toxoplasma gondii PCR ... • JC-virus PCR ... opportunistic #InfectiousDiseases
Capnocytophaga
Pathogen: Capnocytophaga
 • 9 species, C. canimorsus responsible for the majority of infections
 • Gram-negative rod,
specificity of PCR ... Treatment: • 50% ... microbiology #zoonotic #infectiousdiseases ... diagnosis #management #treatment