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Causes of Culture Negative Abscess - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Consider prior antibiotics as a cause of a
Causes of Culture ... antibiotics as a cause ... negative culture Brain ... endemic fungi - Parasitic ... Differential #Diagnosis #InfectiousDiseases
Etiology of community acquired empyema determined by 16S rRNA sequencing. MRSA=meticillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus; MSSA=meticillin sensitive
al #Empyema #Pathogens ... #Microbiology # ... InfectiousDisease ... #Causes #Bacterial ... #Causes #Differential
Hantavirus
Pathogen: Hantavirus - Rodents are the primary reservoir
Transmission:
 • Shed in the urine, feces, saliva of
Hantavirus Pathogen ... barns and lake houses ... chills, myalgias, nausea ... management #treatment #microbiology ... #infectiousdiseases
Neurocysticercosis (NCC) Summary
Pathogen: Larval stage of Taenia solium
Infection: Ingesting undercooked pork containing cysticerci in muscle tissue.
(NCC) Summary Pathogen ... Brain calcifications ... cause seizures. ... #infectiousdiseases ... solium #management #microbiology
Cysticercosis - Taenia solium Life Cycle
1) Eggs or gravid proglottids in feces and passed into environment.
2)
subcutaneous tissues, brain ... pathophysiology #infectiousdiseases ... #cdc #parasite
Cyclosporiasis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Pathogen: 
 • Cyclospora cayetanensis
 • Foodborne, waterbone, and soil-transmitted.
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Management Summary Pathogen ... intracellular parasite ... • Anorexia, Nausea ... management #treatment #microbiology ... #infectiousdiseases
Concurrent Brain and Lung Lesions
 • Bacteria: Nocardia spp, Strep anginosus, Staph aureus, Klebsiella pneumoniae (hypervirulent),
Concurrent Brain ... Coccidioides • Parasite ... febrilepodcast #Brain ... Differential #Diagnosis #causes ... #infectiousdiseases
Concurrent Brain and Lung Lesions
 • Bacteria: Nocardia spp, Strep anginosus, Staph aureus, Klebsiella pneumoniae (hypervirulent),
Concurrent Brain ... Coccidioides • Parasite ... febrilepodcast #Brain ... Differential #Diagnosis #causes ... #infectiousdiseases
Amebiasis - Naegleria fowleri - Life Cycle
1) Cysts
2) Trophozoite
3) Flagellated Form
4) Promitosis
→ Water-related activities such as
migrate to the brain ... Trophozoites in CSF and brain ... pathophysiology #infectiousdiseases ... #cdc #parasite
Visceral Leishmaniasis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Species: Leishmania donovani, Leishmania infantum, Leishmania chagasi
Where: South Asia, East
antigen-specific CD4 ... Weight Loss • Can cause ... management #treatment #infectiousdiseases ... #microbiology