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Listeriosis Summary - Listeria Monocytogenes
Pathogen: Listeria Monocytogenes - Gram-positive rod, Aerobic, facultative anaerobe, motile, beta-hemolytic, Non-spore-forming
Risk
> 65, PPI use Food ... cheese, frozen food ... CNS infection Diagnosis ... Monocytogenes #diagnosis ... #management #infectiousdiseases
Listeriosis Summary - Listeria Monocytogenes
Pathogen: Listeria Monocytogenes - Gram-positive rod, Aerobic, facultative anaerobe, motile, beta-hemolytic, Non-spore-forming
Risk
> 65, PPI use Food ... cheese, frozen food ... CNS infection Diagnosis ... Monocytogenes #diagnosis ... #management #infectiousdiseases
Moccasin-variety Tinea Pedis 
70 M chronic scaly feet. Over the years: rash has itched only occasionally;
Diagnosis? ... scaly eruption on foot ... that surrounds foot ... Either foot may ... type #clinical #photo
"I MD SOAPS" Infectious Diseases Exposure History

I - Immunization - Vaccination status (age-appropriate, comorbidities, travel, etc)
M
Consumption of specific food ... unpasteurized milk, street food ... History #Mnemonic #InfectiousDiseases ... #Diagnosis
Tularemia - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Francisella tularensis - Aerobic fastidious gram-negative Coccobacillus - Zoonotic Infection
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Tularemia - Diagnosis ... of contaminated food ... underlying conditions Diagnosis ... Francisella #tularensis #diagnosis ... management #treatment #infectiousdiseases
Osler's Nodes in a patient with infective endocarditis

67yo presents with R occipital intraparenchymal hemorrhage (IPH) attributed
confirming our working diagnosis ... endocarditis #clinical #photo ... #foot
Cyclosporiasis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Pathogen: 
 • Cyclospora cayetanensis
 • Foodborne, waterbone, and soil-transmitted.
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Cyclosporiasis - Diagnosis ... Contaminated water food ... , Weight loss Diagnosis ... #cayetanensis #diagnosis ... #microbiology #infectiousdiseases
Soil Related Infections - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Mechanism Of Infection:
 • Wound
 • GI: Ingestion, MUD, Contaminated
- Differential Diagnosis ... , Contaminated food ... #differential #diagnosis ... #InfectiousDiseases
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
animals • Milk • Food ... Diagnosis Of NTM ... Exclusion of other diagnosis ... #differential #diagnosis ... #infectiousdiseases
Cyclosporiasis - Cyclospora cayetanensis Life Cycle
Oocyst (Unsporulated)
1) Excretion of unsporulated oocysts in the stool
2) Environmental contamination
3)
oocysts enter the food ... of contaminated food ... cayetanensis #LifeCycle #diagnosis ... pathophysiology #infectiousdiseases