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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 ... plague #rats #infectiousdisease ... #fever #differential ... #diagnosis #management ... #treatment #table
“Step by Step” – the new kid on the block – aims to risk stratify this
investigations and treatments ... an infant with fever ... #Diagnosis #Management ... #Pediatrics #Peds ... StepByStep #Algorithm #LP
Adjuvant therapies in critical care: steroids to treat infectious diseases
 - Severe Community Acquired Pneumonia
Pneumonia - Typhoid fever ... respiratory distress syndrome ... Corticosteroids #Adjuvant #InfectiousDiseases ... #Pharmacology #Management ... #Treatment #Indications
Hantavirus
Pathogen: Hantavirus - Rodents are the primary reservoir
Transmission:
 • Shed in the urine, feces, saliva of
Cardiopulmonary Syndrome ... • Prodrome: fever ... • Autopsy PCR Treatment ... Hantavirus #diagnosis #management ... #infectiousdiseases
Peri-operative Hyperthermia - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
If prolonged or ≥ 39 C this is a
Treatment depends ... Actively maintained fever ... • Serotonin syndrome ... #Hyperthermia #Differential ... Checklist #Diagnosis #Management
Rhabdomyolysis - Differential Diagnosis Framework and Management Summary

Causes of Rhabdomyolysis:
 • Trauma:
	- Immobilization
	- Crush injury
	- Compartment
Rhabdomyolysis - Differential ... Framework and Management ... Muscle swelling - Fever ... Rhabdomyolysis #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Management
Differentiation Syndrome in APML
Epidemiology:
 • Incidence: common in APL (2-48% depending on the study)
 • Triggers:
Differentiation Syndrome ... Triggers: ATRA treatment ... Subacute-Acute: • Common: fever ... initiation • Differential ... APML #diagnosis #management
Drug Reaction with Eosinophilia and Systemic Symptoms (DRESS)
Definition: 
 • Severe adverse drug reaction, characterized by
Fever >38.5 2. ... Resolution > 15 days Differentials ... Exanthematous Pustulosis Management ... disease: symptomatic treatment ... SinaiBmoreIMRes #DRESS #Syndrome
The Febrile Infant Step-by-Step Algorithm
This is an algorithm developed by European emergency physicians to identify low-risk
empiric antibiotic treatment ... Diagnosis #EBM #Management ... #Pediatrics #Peds ... StepByStep #Algorithm #LP ... Stratification #Fever
Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome - Overview of IRIS

What Is IRIS?
	• A state of hyperinflammatory response that
Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome ... Leishmaniasis Differential ... #Inflammatory #Syndrome ... #Differential # ... Diagnosis #Management