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Kerion
Raised, boggy lesion with heaped up purulent nodules 
Caused by host's response to a fungal ringworm
purulent nodules Caused ... response to a fungal ... Hair loss • Fever ... #Dermatology #Diagnosis ... #Management #Features
Causes of blood culture negative infective endocarditis

Bartonella spp, Brucella spp, Coxiella burnetii, Chlamydia spp, Tropheryma whipplei,
Causes of blood ... Tropheryma whipplei, Fungi ... Sara Dong @swinndong ... #differential #diagnosis ... #Endocarditis #InfectiousDiseases
Visceral Leishmaniasis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Species: Leishmania donovani, Leishmania infantum, Leishmania chagasi
Where: South Asia, East
and Management ... East and Latin America ... 2-6 months • Fever ... Weight Loss • Can cause ... #infectiousdiseases
Chagas Disease (American trypanosomiasis) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Acute Chagas Disease (8-12 weeks):
 • Mild: Malaise,
Chagas Disease (American ... and Management ... Mild: Malaise, fever ... Chagas #Disease #American ... #InfectiousDiseases
Hantavirus
Pathogen: Hantavirus - Rodents are the primary reservoir
Transmission:
 • Shed in the urine, feces, saliva of
• Prodrome: fever ... +/- diarrhea Diagnosis ... #Hantavirus #diagnosis ... #management #treatment ... #microbiology #infectiousdiseases
Sarcoidosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology
1) High incidence in Scandinavian countries (11-24 cases per 100,000 individuals
Sarcoidosis - Diagnosis ... and Management ... Americans (18-71 ... symptoms are not caused ... #Management #Signs
Cyclosporiasis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Pathogen: 
 • Cyclospora cayetanensis
 • Foodborne, waterbone, and soil-transmitted.
 •
and Management ... reported in Latin America ... • Anorexia, Nausea ... diarrhea, Low-grade fever ... #microbiology #infectiousdiseases
CAPD-associated peritonitis (Continuous Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis) - 5 Things To Know
Diagnosis (Two of the following):
(1) Clinical
Things To Know Diagnosis ... culture Note that fever ... peritonitis • Fungal ... prior abx use, fungal ... #Management #InfectiousDiseases
Lung Infections in HIV - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Disease by CD4 Count:
Any CD4 Count:
 • Mycobacterium tuberculosis,
- Differential Diagnosis ... Pseudomonas FUNGAL ... factor • May cause ... #differential #diagnosis ... #infectiousdiseases
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
and Management ... • Most common cause ... : • 80% have fever ... Intervention: - Fevers ... Prevotella • Fungal