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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
Fever in Returning Travelers from Tropical Regions - Frequent Differential Diagnoses
Medical History:
 • Skin exposure to
infective endocarditis ... melioidosis, typhoid, pulmonary ... eosinophilia - Tropical pulmonary ... #Returning #Traveler ... diagnosis #tropical #travel
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
Travel History - Clues to Infectious Disease Diagnosis in a Traveler 
 • Where did you
Leptospirosis ... Rabies, cat scratch fever ... Herpesvirus B infection ... HPI #Interview #InfectiousDiseases ... #Infections #differential
Approach to Eosinophilic Lung Diseases
 • Acute Eosinophilic Pneumonia (< 1 wk) - ~30yo, M; Recent
, CNS, skin • Infectious ... Fungal, parasites; Travel ... Lung #Diseases #pulmonary ... differential #diagnosis #comparison ... #table #eosinophilia
Bradycardia - Differential Diagnosis Framework

BRADI Mnemonic
 • BRASH/Hyperkalemia
 • Reduced oxygen/Glucose/Temp
 • ACS
 • Drugs
 •
Drugs • ICP / Infections ... Hyperkalemia Pulmonary ... • Aortic Valve Endocarditis ... Cimetidine Infections ... Babesiosis • Leptospirosis
Differentiating NBTE from Infective Endocarditis
No pathognomonic signs/symptoms or echo features that are specific to NBTE, and
Clinical features: Fever ... Clinical features: Fever ... large infarct - Infectious ... #comparison #infective ... Marantic #diagnosis #table
Fever After International Travel

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

Viral Syndromes:
Arboviral infections, a
Travel Infectious ... international travel ... : • Leptospirosis ... #Travel #Differential ... #Diagnosis #InfectiousDiseases
Endocarditis - Overview and Differential Diagnosis Framework

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV
Infectious: • Pre-existing ... night sweats, fever ... Cerebral > Splenic, Pulmonary ... Persistent bacteremia/fevers ... Diagnosis #cardiology #infectiousdiseases
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
conidia → Yeast → travel ... respiratory symptoms • Fever ... , fever, chills, ... arthritis, and endocarditis ... ) #Mycoses #InfectiousDiseases