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Rodent-associated Bacterial infections: Leptospirosis, Rat-bite fever, Tularemia, Plague 

#rodent
#infections
#leptospirosis
#tularemia
#ratbitefever
#plague
#rats
#infectiousdisease
#fever
#differential
#diagnosis
#management
#treatment
#table
, Rat-bite fever ... #infectiousdisease ... #fever #differential ... #diagnosis #management ... #treatment #table
Infections Rats can Transmit to Humans
Other infections not highlighted include Lassa fever, Plague, Salmonella, Tularemia etc

Rat
Fever Rat Feces ... Choriomeningitis Virus - Leptospirosis ... #Diseases #Transmissible ... #InfectiousDiseases ... #Diagnosis #Management
"Initial management of FEBRILE NEUTROPENIA. Adapted from the 2011 Infectious Diseases Society of America guidelines"-McMaster Textbook
"Initial management ... 2011 Infectious Diseases ... #Febrile #Fever ... #Neutropenic #Management ... #Algorithm #InfectiousDiseases
Fever Patterns - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Continuous Fever:
Temp > 38°C with only 1 degree fluctuation in 24
• Rickettsial diseases ... • Borrelia • Rat-bite ... syndrome • Cyclic neutropenia ... • Leptospirosis ... • Malaria • Leptospirosis
Visceral Leishmaniasis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Species: Leishmania donovani, Leishmania infantum, Leishmania chagasi
Where: South Asia, East
Diagnosis and Management ... 2-6 months • Fever ... Lymphohistiocytosis • Anemia, Neutropenia ... #treatment #infectiousdiseases ... #microbiology
Tularemia - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Francisella tularensis - Aerobic fastidious gram-negative Coccobacillus - Zoonotic Infection
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Diagnosis and Management ... Ulceroglandular: Fever ... Treatment: • Severe Disease ... #treatment #infectiousdiseases ... #microbiology
Chagas Disease (American trypanosomiasis) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Acute Chagas Disease (8-12 weeks):
 • Mild: Malaise,
Diagnosis and Management ... Mild: Malaise, fever ... trypanosomiasis #Diagnosis #Management ... #Microbiology # ... InfectiousDiseases
Capnocytophaga
Pathogen: Capnocytophaga
 • 9 species, C. canimorsus responsible for the majority of infections
 • Gram-negative rod,
flora of healthy cats ... • Cellulitis: Fever ... Capnocytophaga #canimorsus #microbiology ... #zoonotic #infectiousdiseases ... #diagnosis #management
Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL) - Summary
Overview: 
 • Most common leukemia in adults
 • Disorder of
) B symptoms → fevers ... PRCA, autoimmune neutropenia ... Waiting" →several RCTs ... chemotherapy for low-risk disease ... hemeonc #diagnosis #management
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
Presentation: Fever ... Marrow - Anemia, neutropenia ... • Fever and weight ... diagnosis • Microbiologic ... differential #diagnosis #infectiousdiseases