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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, ... plague #rats #infectiousdisease ... #management #treatment ... #table
Causes of Relative Bradycardia - Note the propensity for intracellular organisms.
Infectious: 
Legionella, Psittacosis, Q fever, Typhoid
Causes of Relative ... Babesiosis, Malaria, Leptospirosis ... , Non-infectious ... differential #diagnosis #infectiousdiseases ... #table #NonInfectious
Bradycardia - Differential Diagnosis Framework

BRADI Mnemonic
 • BRASH/Hyperkalemia
 • Reduced oxygen/Glucose/Temp
 • ACS
 • Drugs
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Drugs • ICP / Infections ... Babesiosis • Leptospirosis ... Spondylarthropathies Other causes ... differential #diagnosis #causes ... #cardiology #BRADI
Travel History - Clues to Infectious Disease Diagnosis in a Traveler 
 • Where did you
Travel History - Clues ... to Infectious Disease ... → Leptospirosis ... Rabies, cat scratch fever ... HPI #Interview #InfectiousDiseases
Erythemas Summarized
Erythema ab igne
 • A dermatosis that results from repeated exposure to heat (fires, heating
fires, heating pads ... early localized disease ... called "Bazin's disease ... so-called fifth disease ... Erythemas #comparison #table
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
polymicrobial infection ... • Most common cause ... : • 80% have fever ... Intervention: - Fevers ... #differential #causes
Borrelia recurrentis on Peripheral Blood Smear
23M Somali refugee recently arrived w/severe abd pain, confusion and fever
caused by Borrelia ... The table below ... Treatment is tetracycline ... initiation of treatment ... Infectious Diseases
Fever After International Travel

Infectious Disease:
• Endemic in either the destination or home region

Viral Syndromes:
Arboviral infections, a
Disease: • Endemic ... , a common cause ... : • Leptospirosis ... - Another cause ... Differential #Diagnosis #InfectiousDiseases
CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
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Antimicrobial treatment ... • Symptoms: Fever ... Demyelinating disease ... caused by the JC ... opportunistic #InfectiousDiseases
List of Zoonotic Diseases

Armadillos - Sporothrix schenckii (sporotrichosis), Mycobacterium leprae (leprosy)
Bamboo rats - Talaromyces marneffei (formerly
List of Zoonotic Diseases ... Leptospira interrogans (leptospirosis ... Comprehensive Review of Infectious ... differential #diagnosis #InfectiousDiseases ... #table #list