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Bartonella bacilliformis

By Dr. Sara Dong @swinndong via Febrile [febrilepodcast.com  @febrilepodcast]
#ID  #Infectious Diseases  #Infections
#Microbiology
verrugaperuana #carrions
COVID-19: Silent Spread

T. Tyler Daugherty, MS4 @daughertyler and Stephen Gurley, MS4 @GurleyGuy

Source Article: https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/69/wr/mm6913e1.htm?s_cid=mm6913e1_w

#COVID19 #Silent #Asymptomatic
Asymptomatic #Spread #Carriers
Autosomal Dominant Inheritance
 - Most common mode of Mendelian inheritance 
 - Affected individual carries the
Affected individual carries
Abnormally Colored Urine - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Red:
 - Hematuria, Hemoglobinuria, Myoglobinuria
 - Beets, Rhubarb, Blackberries, Artificial
Phenazopyridine, Warfarin - Carrots
Testicle Anatomy
SEVENUP Mnemonic - Sperm Ejaculation Pathway:
S - Seminiferous Tubules (sperm production)⁣⁣⁣
E - Epididymis (sperm cell
⁣⁣⁣ U - Urethra (carries
Streptocccus Pneumoniae
Microbiology: Gram Positive, Alpha-hemolytic, Catalase Negative
Epidemiology - 10% adult carriers:
 • Most common cause of:
Epidemiology - 10% adult carriers
Oroya Fever
Hematologic disease caused by Bartonella bacilliformis
Restricted to the Andes highlands of Peru & Ecuador
B. bacilliformis:
​• Neuro: AMS (carries
Possible Causes of Altered Urine Color 

Red 
    Foods: beets, blackberries, rhubarb
Foods: vitamin C, carrots
Hyperkalemia - Differential Diagnosis Framework

PseudoHyperkalemia:
 • Lab error
 • Traumatic venipuncture
 • Hemolysis, thrombocytosis, leukocytosis
 •
tomatoes, broccoli, carrots
Central Retinal Artery Occlusion: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
 • Inflammatory Disease: (i.e. GCA, SLE, GPA) ->
column -> "Box-carring