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

Rat
include Lassa fever ... Fever Rat Feces ... Choriomeningitis Virus - Leptospirosis ... Transmissible #InfectiousDiseases ... #Diagnosis #Management
Causes of Relative Bradycardia - Note the propensity for intracellular organisms.
Infectious: 
Legionella, Psittacosis, Q fever, Typhoid
, Typhoid fever, ... Babesiosis, Malaria, Leptospirosis ... bradycardia #Causes #differential ... #diagnosis #infectiousdiseases ... #table #NonInfectious
Tick Borne Illnesses
 • Lyme (Borrelia)
 • Babesiosis (Babesia)
 • Human Monocytic Ehrlichiosis (Ehrlichia)
 • Human
Mountain Spotted Fever ... Borne #Illnesses #differential ... #diagnosis #comparison ... #table #infectiousdiseases
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
: • 80% have fever ... Intervention: - Fevers ... foreign body, cancer ... Lung Abscess Differential ... Abscess #pulmonary #differential
Erythemas Summarized
Erythema ab igne
 • A dermatosis that results from repeated exposure to heat (fires, heating
Condition known as rat ... fever caused by ... associated with cancers ... PrathitKulkarni #Erythemas #comparison ... #table #differential
Rhabdomyolysis - Differential Diagnosis Framework and Management Summary

Causes of Rhabdomyolysis:
 • Trauma:
	- Immobilization
	- Crush injury
	- Compartment
Rhabdomyolysis - Differential ... Framework and Management ... Muscle swelling - Fever ... ringers - Initial rate ... per day until stable
List of Zoonotic Diseases

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

Armadillos - Sporothrix schenckii (sporotrichosis), Mycobacterium leprae (leprosy)
Bamboo rats - Talaromyces marneffei (formerly
leprosy) Bamboo rats ... Leptospira interrogans (leptospirosis ... Zoonotic #zoonoses #differential ... #diagnosis #InfectiousDiseases ... #table #list
ACA Colorectal Cancer Screening Guidelines

When to Screen?
When to Stop?
Family History

Performance Characteristics for Colorectal Cancer Screening Tests
Stool/blood-based
ACA Colorectal Cancer ... for Colorectal Cancer ... 100% detection rate ... Indications #Tests #comparison ... #table #management