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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
: Leptospirosis, ... Rat-bite fever, ... #leptospirosis ... plague #rats #infectiousdisease ... #diagnosis #management
Infections Rats can Transmit to Humans
Other infections not highlighted include Lassa fever, Plague, Salmonella, Tularemia etc

Rat
Infections Rats ... include Lassa fever ... Choriomeningitis Virus - Leptospirosis ... Transmissible #InfectiousDiseases ... #Diagnosis #Management
ID Approach to Fever and Rash - Diagnostic Algorithm
Central Maculopapular (most common):
Measles, Parvovirus 819 / EBV,
ID Approach to Fever ... WNV, Mycoplasma, Leptospirosis ... , DRESS, AGEP, Kawasaki ... Disseminated fungal ... Algorithm #Schema #InfectiousDiseases
Kawasaki Disease (KD) - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Kawasaki Disease (KD) is the most common vasculitis of
Kawasaki Disease ... Presentation: • Fever ... cæxist with other infections ... Diagnostic Criteria - Fever ... #rheumatology #pediatrics
Invasive Aspergillus (IA) - Diagnosis and Management
Aspergillus is ubiquitous in nature. Most invasive infections are caused
Diagnosis and Management ... angle branching • Ddx ... IA #Diagnosis #Management ... #treatment #fungal ... #infectiousdiseases
CAPD-associated peritonitis (Continuous Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis) - 5 Things To Know
Diagnosis (Two of the following):
(1) Clinical
culture Note that fever ... Conncomitant catheter infection ... prior abx use, fungal ... peritonitis #Diagnosis #Management ... #InfectiousDiseases
Macrophage Activation Syndrome (MAS)
Classified among the secondary or acquired forms of haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (sHLH)

What?
A subset of
erythematosus • Kawasaki ... - Nonremitting fever ... kidney failure DDX ... SLE], AOSD) • Infection ... Syndrome #Diagnosis #Management
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
disease • DM DDX ... mycobacterial infection ... (NTM) • Fungal ... Active TB: • Fever ... TB #Diagnosis #Management
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
disease • DM DDX ... mycobacterial infection ... (NTM) • Fungal ... Active TB: • Fever ... TB #Diagnosis #Management
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
respiratory symptoms • Fever ... nonspecific • DX ... • Cough, fever ... ) #Mycoses #InfectiousDiseases ... #Management #Infections