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Lone Star Tick Diseases

Human Monocytic Ehrlichiosis
Southern Tick Associated Rash Illness (STARI)
Heartland Virus

Dr. Ann Marie Kumfer @AnnKumfer

#LoneStar
Lone Star Tick Diseases ... STARI) Heartland Virus ... #LoneStar #Tick ... #Differential # ... Diagnosis #InfectiousDiseases
Tick Borne Illnesses
 • Lyme (Borrelia)
 • Babesiosis (Babesia)
 • Human Monocytic Ehrlichiosis (Ehrlichia)
 • Human
Tick Borne Illnesses ... Mountain Spotted Fever ... BostonChiefs #Tick ... Borne #Illnesses #differential ... comparison #table #infectiousdiseases
#tachenoir #eschar #fever #Rash #rickettsia #rickettsial #parkeri #akari #africae #conorii #orientia #tsutsugamushi #tick #mite 
By Dr.
tachenoir #eschar #fever ... tsutsugamushi #tick ... febrilepodcast] #ID #InfectiousDiseases ... Microbiology #Micro #Differential
Causes of Culture Negative Abscess - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Consider prior antibiotics as a cause of a
Negative Abscess - Differential ... Consider prior antibiotics ... Mycobacteria - Fungal ... Negative #Abscess #Differential ... #Diagnosis #InfectiousDiseases
List of Zoonotic Diseases

Armadillos - Sporothrix schenckii (sporotrichosis), Mycobacterium leprae (leprosy)
Bamboo rats - Talaromyces marneffei (formerly
Yellow fever virus ... - Bornavirus Ticks ... variabilis), Deer tick ... Zoonotic #zoonoses #differential ... #diagnosis #InfectiousDiseases
List of Zoonotic Diseases

Armadillos - Sporothrix schenckii (sporotrichosis), Mycobacterium leprae (leprosy)
Bamboo rats - Talaromyces marneffei (formerly
Yellow fever virus ... - Bornavirus Ticks ... variabilis), Deer tick ... Zoonotic #zoonoses #differential ... #diagnosis #InfectiousDiseases
Infectious Causes of Adrenal Insufficiency
Anatomical distribution of vessels to the adrenal makes the gland prone to
canimorsus • Virus ... , Epstein-Barr virus ... , SARS-COV • Fungi ... Insufficiency #AI #differential ... endocrinology #infectiousdiseases
Soil Related Infections - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Mechanism Of Infection:
 • Wound
 • GI: Ingestion, MUD, Contaminated
Related Infections - Differential ... dyspnea, possible fever ... Coccidioidomycosis ("Valley Fever ... Soil #Infections #differential ... #diagnosis #InfectiousDiseases
Approach to Eosinophilic Lung Diseases
 • Acute Eosinophilic Pneumonia (< 1 wk) - ~30yo, M; Recent
brown sputum, fever ... Infectious (Variable) - Fungal ... Variable) - NSAIDs, antibiotics ... Lung #Diseases #pulmonary ... #differential #
Non-Resolving Pneumonias: Etiologies
Unusual Infections:
 - Immunocompromised patients (e.g.: Mycobacterium, Aspergillosis, Nocardia)
 - Endemic Fungi (e.g.: Histoplasmosis,
Nocardia) - Endemic Fungi ... yersinia/rats, Q fever ... pseudomallei, hanta virus ... Others: - Pulmonary ... #differential