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European Resuscitation Council–European Society of Intensive Care Medicine algorithm for neuroprognostication after cardiac arrest. Reproduced from
Council–European ... false-positive rate, M Glasgow ... Coma Scale Motor ... potentials #Diagnosis ... #Management #Neurology
Listeriosis Summary - Listeria Monocytogenes
Pathogen: Listeria Monocytogenes - Gram-positive rod, Aerobic, facultative anaerobe, motile, beta-hemolytic, Non-spore-forming
Risk
CNS infection Diagnosis ... Gastroenteritis) • PCR ... culture (Invasive disease ... Monocytogenes #diagnosis ... #management #infectiousdiseases
Listeriosis Summary - Listeria Monocytogenes
Pathogen: Listeria Monocytogenes - Gram-positive rod, Aerobic, facultative anaerobe, motile, beta-hemolytic, Non-spore-forming
Risk
CNS infection Diagnosis ... Gastroenteritis) • PCR ... culture (Invasive disease ... Monocytogenes #diagnosis ... #management #infectiousdiseases
Tularemia - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Francisella tularensis - Aerobic fastidious gram-negative Coccobacillus - Zoonotic Infection
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and Management ... Culture & GS, PCR ... Treatment: • Severe Disease ... #management #treatment ... #infectiousdiseases
Chagas Disease (American trypanosomiasis) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Acute Chagas Disease (8-12 weeks):
 • Mild: Malaise,
and Management ... PCR is gold standard ... PCR not useful for ... #Management #Microbiology ... #InfectiousDiseases
Visceral Leishmaniasis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Species: Leishmania donovani, Leishmania infantum, Leishmania chagasi
Where: South Asia, East
and Management ... histopathology, culture, PCR ... 20 mg/kg/d IV/IM ... #management #treatment ... #infectiousdiseases
Chagas Disease (American trypanosomiasis) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Acute Chagas Disease (8-12 weeks):
 • Mild: Malaise,
and Management ... PCR is gold standard ... PCR not useful for ... #Management #Microbiology ... #InfectiousDiseases
Borrelia recurrentis on Peripheral Blood Smear
23M Somali refugee recently arrived w/severe abd pain, confusion and fever
seeking asylum in European ... LBRF can be diagnosed ... antibodies or PCR ... or PenG 800K U IM ... Infectious Diseases
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
extrapulmonary disease ... or meningitic disease ... throat, skin, scalp ... ) #Mycoses #InfectiousDiseases ... #Management #Infections
Babesiosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary 
Disease: Release of merozoites from erythrocytes and associated loss of
and Management ... Summary Disease ... Maltese Cross" • PCR ... #Management #microbiology ... #InfectiousDiseases