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Invasive fungal infections: Morphology, Risk Factors, Disease Characteristics, Diagnostic Tools, First-Line Treatment
Aspergillus, Mucorales, P. Jiroveci, Cryptococcus,
Invasive fungal ... Tools, First-Line Treatment ... #Invasive #Fungal ... #Infections #InfectousDiseases ... #Diagnosis #Management
Rodent-associated Bacterial infections: Leptospirosis, Rat-bite fever, Tularemia, Plague 

#rodent
#infections
#leptospirosis
#tularemia
#ratbitefever
#plague
#rats
#infectiousdisease
#fever
#differential
#diagnosis
#management
#treatment
#table
Leptospirosis, Rat-bite fever ... plague #rats #infectiousdisease ... #fever #differential ... #diagnosis #management ... #treatment #table
Dengue Fever - Diagnosis and Management Summary 
Dengue Fever → Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever →Dengue Hemorrhagic Shock
Dengue Fever - Diagnosis ... and Management ... 7 days (Ig)M Treatment ... #Diagnosis #Management ... #microbiology #InfectiousDiseases
Kerion
Raised, boggy lesion with heaped up purulent nodules 
Caused by host's response to a fungal ringworm
response to a fungal ... Hair loss • Fever ... Lymphadenopathy Treatment ... #Dermatology #Diagnosis ... #Management #Features
Chagas Disease (American trypanosomiasis) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Acute Chagas Disease (8-12 weeks):
 • Mild: Malaise,
Chagas Disease (American ... and Management ... Mild: Malaise, fever ... • Treatment: ... #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 ... #management #treatment ... #infectiousdiseases
Cyclosporiasis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Pathogen: 
 • Cyclospora cayetanensis
 • Foodborne, waterbone, and soil-transmitted.
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and Management ... reported in Latin America ... diarrhea, Low-grade fever ... #management #treatment ... #microbiology #infectiousdiseases
Hantavirus
Pathogen: Hantavirus - Rodents are the primary reservoir
Transmission:
 • Shed in the urine, feces, saliva of
• Prodrome: fever ... +/- diarrhea Diagnosis ... • Autopsy PCR Treatment ... #management #treatment ... #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 ... diverticulitis) Treatment ... prior abx use, fungal ... #Management #InfectiousDiseases
Tularemia - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Francisella tularensis - Aerobic fastidious gram-negative Coccobacillus - Zoonotic Infection
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and Management ... Ulceroglandular: Fever ... Culture & GS, PCR Treatment ... #management #treatment ... #infectiousdiseases