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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 ... ratbitefever #plague #rats ... #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 ... Fever Rat Feces ... Choriomeningitis Virus - Leptospirosis ... @AnnKumfer #Rats ... 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
Capnocytophaga
GNR with long fusiform shape.  Fastidious facultative anaerobe that grows slowly and needs enriched agar
C.
cavity of dogs (and cats ... septic shock with fever ... febrilepodcast] #InfectiousDiseases ... Infection #Diagnosis #Cats ... #Microbiology #CAnimorsus
List of Zoonotic Diseases

Armadillos - Sporothrix schenckii (sporotrichosis), Mycobacterium leprae (leprosy)
Bamboo rats - Talaromyces marneffei (formerly
leprosy) Bamboo rats ... (psittacosis) Cats ... Capnocytophaga canimorsus ... raccoon roundworm) Rats ... #table #list
List of Zoonotic Diseases

Armadillos - Sporothrix schenckii (sporotrichosis), Mycobacterium leprae (leprosy)
Bamboo rats - Talaromyces marneffei (formerly
leprosy) Bamboo rats ... (psittacosis) Cats ... Capnocytophaga canimorsus ... raccoon roundworm) Rats ... #table #list
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
Tick Borne Illnesses
 • Lyme (Borrelia)
 • Babesiosis (Babesia)
 • Human Monocytic Ehrlichiosis (Ehrlichia)
 • Human
Mountain Spotted Fever ... differential #diagnosis #comparison ... #table #infectiousdiseases
Non-Resolving Pneumonias: Etiologies
Unusual Infections:
 - Immunocompromised patients (e.g.: Mycobacterium, Aspergillosis, Nocardia)
 - Endemic Fungi (e.g.: Histoplasmosis,
psittaci/avian, leptospirosis ... or yersinia/rats ... , Q fever/farm)
Travel History - Clues to Infectious Disease Diagnosis in a Traveler 
 • Where did you
Leptospirosis ... → Rabies, cat scratch ... fever (bartonella ... HPI #Interview #InfectiousDiseases