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Soil Related Infections - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Mechanism Of Infection:
 • Wound
 • GI: Ingestion, MUD, Contaminated
Bacteria: • Clostridium ... primary pulmonary disease ... dyspnea, possible fever ... Coccidioidomycosis ("Valley Fever ... differential #diagnosis #InfectiousDiseases
Infections Rats can Transmit to Humans
Other infections not highlighted include Lassa fever, Plague, Salmonella, Tularemia etc

Rat
Infections Rats ... include Lassa fever ... AnnKumfer #Rats #Diseases ... Transmissible #InfectiousDiseases ... #Diagnosis #Management
Hemolytic Anemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Hereditary:
 • Peripheral blood smear + DAT + further History
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Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... malignancy, autoimmune disease ... Recent travel/Fevers ... , DAT (-) → Infection ... Malaria, Clostridium
Adjuvant therapies in critical care: steroids to treat infectious diseases
 - Severe Community Acquired Pneumonia
steroids to treat infectious ... diseases - Severe ... Pneumonia - Typhoid fever ... Corticosteroids #Adjuvant #InfectiousDiseases ... #Management #Treatment
Tularemia - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Francisella tularensis - Aerobic fastidious gram-negative Coccobacillus - Zoonotic Infection
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Diagnosis and Management ... Coccobacillus - Zoonotic Infection ... Ulceroglandular: Fever ... Treatment: • Severe Disease ... #treatment #infectiousdiseases
Prevention, Diagnosis, and Treatment of Clostridioides difficile Infections

Epidemiology
Diagnosis
Prevention
Treatment Algorithm
Suppression and Prophylaxis

By Tina Hang, MD @TinaPhamHang via
Clostridioides #difficile #clostridium ... #cdiff #Infections ... #diagnosis #management ... #treatment #infectiousdiseases ... #algorithm
C.diff - Clostridioides Difficile Infection (CDI) - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

Clinical Presentation + Progression:
Diagnosis and Management ... mucus, Abd pain, Fever ... Perforation) Pathophysiology ... Clostridioides #Difficile #Clostridium ... #infectiousdiseases
Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis (HLH)
Pathophysiology: Triggering factor (infection,...)→Activation of CD8 T cells (IFN-y) → Excessive activation of macrophages
Lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) Pathophysiology ... • Clinical: fever ... • Autoimmune diseases ... Adult-onset Still disease ... Lymphohistiocytosis #diagnosis #management
"Initial management of FEBRILE NEUTROPENIA. Adapted from the 2011 Infectious Diseases Society of America guidelines"-McMaster Textbook
"Initial management ... from the 2011 Infectious ... Diseases Society ... Neutropenia #Febrile #Fever ... #Algorithm #InfectiousDiseases
Emphysematous Cystitis
Epidemiology:
 • Usually middle-aged diabetic women
 • Other RF: neurogenic bladder, urinary tract outlet obstruction,
cystitis, may have fever ... present or signs of infection ... , such as fever. ... Pathophysiology: ... enterobacter, clostridium