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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 ... #treatment #table
Causes of Relative Bradycardia - Note the propensity for intracellular organisms.
Infectious: 
Legionella, Psittacosis, Q fever, Typhoid
Infectious: Legionella ... Babesiosis, Malaria, Leptospirosis ... , Non-infectious ... differential #diagnosis #infectiousdiseases ... #table #NonInfectious
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
Pulmonary fibrotic ... • HIV: 2/3 pulmonary ... characteristic features Clinical ... Active TB: • Fever ... destruction (including pulmonary
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
Pulmonary fibrotic ... • HIV: 2/3 pulmonary ... characteristic features Clinical ... Active TB: • Fever ... destruction (including pulmonary
Tuberculosis Testing

LATENT TB
• LTBI is diagnosed when an asymptomatic patient has a positive TST or IGRA
Tuberculosis Testing LATENT ... result with no clinical ... used to exclude pulmonary ... #Active #LatentTB ... #ActiveTB #InfectiousDiseases
Approach to Eosinophilic Lung Diseases
 • Acute Eosinophilic Pneumonia (< 1 wk) - ~30yo, M; Recent
brown sputum, fever ... , CNS, skin • Infectious ... Lung #Diseases #pulmonary ... differential #diagnosis #comparison ... #table #eosinophilia
Clinical Manifestations of Human Herpes Viruses (HHV)

Herpes simplex virus 1	HSV-1	Frequently subclinical (80-90%) Oral lesions (10-20%) congenital
Clinical Manifestations ... 20%) congenital infection ... virus 7 HHV-7 Fever ... Microbiology #Diagnosis #Comparison ... #Table
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
Presentation: Fever ... Disease: Clinical ... • Fever and weight ... Lung Disease: • Clinical ... differential #diagnosis #infectiousdiseases
TRALI vs TACO - Transfusion Reactions
TRALI:
 • Epidemiology: 0.1% of transfused patientsl
 • Risk factors: Critical
Risk factors: Critical ... , and CXR with pulmonary ... edema) • Fever ... hematology #diagnosis #comparison ... #table
CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
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reactivation of latent ... should be based on clinical ... • Symptoms: Fever ... • Symptoms: Fever ... opportunistic #InfectiousDiseases