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

Rat
include Lassa fever ... : - Rat-Bite Fever ... Choriomeningitis Virus - Leptospirosis ... Transmissible #InfectiousDiseases ... #Diagnosis #Management
Miliary Tuberculosis 
Hematogenous dissemination of Mycobacterium tuberculosis 
Clinical: 
 • Failure to thrive 
 • Fever
tuberculosis Clinical ... to thrive • Fever ... Tuberculosis #TB #Pulmonary ... #InfectiousDiseases
Leptospirosis
Pathogen: Leptospira (interrogans, kirschneri, noguchii)
Risk Factors:
 • Occupational exposure - Farmers, ranchers, trappers, veterinarians
 • Recreational
Leptospirosis Pathogen ... failure • Severe pulmonary ... Epidemiologic exposure + clinical ... TheIDtrivia #Leptospirosis ... diagnosis #treatment #management
Adjuvant therapies in critical care: steroids to treat infectious diseases
 - Severe Community Acquired Pneumonia
Adjuvant therapies in critical ... Pneumonia - Typhoid fever ... Corticosteroids #Adjuvant #InfectiousDiseases ... #Pharmacology #Management
Asthma management- what is the evidence? 

MDI vs. Nebulization of Beta agonist 
 - Has been
Asthma management ... Fewer dexamethasone ... #asthma #management ... #ebm #pulmonary ... #peds #pediatrics
Bronchiolitis - Lower respiratory tract (bronchioles) 

Microbiology 
 • Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) (most commonl
Influenza virus Clinical ... prodrome • Fever ... Respiratory failure Management ... Bronchiolitis #Diagnosis #Management ... #Peds #Pediatrics
Clinical Algorithm for Emergency Department Evaluation and Management of UTI in Febrile Infants and Young Children

Urinary
Clinical Algorithm ... Evaluation and Management ... department with fever ... do not replace clinical ... Febrile #Infant #Peds
Bilateral B-Lines in case of Pneumonia on Lung POCUS

Young healthy pt with fever/dyspnea. POCUS lung exam
healthy pt with fever ... travel hx, home meds ... /lung sliding: Pulmonary ... #Lung #POCUS #clinical
Nocardiosis - Nocardia spp
Pathogen: Filamentous gram-positive branching rod, grows in acid fast staining and anaerobic conditions
Clinical
anaerobic conditions Clinical ... involved) 32% • Pulmonary ... Nocardia #diagnosis #management ... #microbiology #infectiousdiseases