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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 ... #infectiousdisease ... #fever #differential ... #treatment #table
Infections Rats can Transmit to Humans
Other infections not highlighted include Lassa fever, Plague, Salmonella, Tularemia etc

Rat
Infections Rats ... include Lassa fever ... Fever Rat Feces ... Choriomeningitis Virus - Leptospirosis ... Transmissible #InfectiousDiseases
Causes of Relative Bradycardia - Note the propensity for intracellular organisms.
Infectious: 
Legionella, Psittacosis, Q fever, Typhoid
, Typhoid fever, ... Babesiosis, Malaria, Leptospirosis ... , Yellow fever, ... differential #diagnosis #infectiousdiseases ... #table #NonInfectious
Tick Borne Illnesses
 • Lyme (Borrelia)
 • Babesiosis (Babesia)
 • Human Monocytic Ehrlichiosis (Ehrlichia)
 • Human
Mountain Spotted Fever ... differential #diagnosis #comparison ... #table #infectiousdiseases
Capnocytophaga
GNR with long fusiform shape.  Fastidious facultative anaerobe that grows slowly and needs enriched agar
C.
enriched agar C. animorsus ... cavity of dogs (and cats ... septic shock with fever ... febrilepodcast] #InfectiousDiseases ... #Microbiology #CAnimorsus
Capnocytophaga
Pathogen: Capnocytophaga
 • 9 species, C. canimorsus responsible for the majority of infections
 • Gram-negative rod,
9 species, C. canimorsus ... flora of healthy cats ... • Cellulitis: Fever ... Capnocytophaga #canimorsus ... microbiology #zoonotic #infectiousdiseases
TRALI vs TACO - Transfusion Reactions
TRALI:
 • Epidemiology: 0.1% of transfused patientsl
 • Risk factors: Critical
explain symptoms • Fever ... CKD, CHF, high rate ... pulmonary edema) • Fever ... hematology #diagnosis #comparison ... #table
Erythemas Summarized
Erythema ab igne
 • A dermatosis that results from repeated exposure to heat (fires, heating
Condition known as rat ... bite fever or Haverhill ... fever caused by ... PrathitKulkarni #Erythemas #comparison ... #table #differential
List of Zoonotic Diseases

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

Armadillos - Sporothrix schenckii (sporotrichosis), Mycobacterium leprae (leprosy)
Bamboo rats - Talaromyces marneffei (formerly
leprosy) Bamboo rats ... Capnocytophaga canimorsus ... Leptospira interrogans (leptospirosis ... differential #diagnosis #InfectiousDiseases ... #table #list