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By Marcela Santana @Marcelaaos via Febrile [febrilepodcast.com @febrilepodcast]
#ID  #Infectious Diseases  #Infections
#Microbiology #Micro
#Leptospirosis #Leptospira #management
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ID Approach to Fever and Rash - Diagnostic Algorithm
Central Maculopapular (most common):
Measles, Parvovirus 819 / EBV,
ID Approach to Fever ... and Rash - Diagnostic ... WNV, Mycoplasma, Leptospirosis ... , Mycoplasma), Infective ... angiomatosis, Sweet syndrome
Fever Patterns - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Continuous Fever:
Temp > 38°C with only 1 degree fluctuation in 24
Causes: • Still's ... disease • Behcet's syndrome ... • Hyper-IgD syndrome ... • Leptospirosis ... • Malaria • Leptospirosis
Bradycardia - Differential Diagnosis Framework

BRADI Mnemonic
 • BRASH/Hyperkalemia
 • Reduced oxygen/Glucose/Temp
 • ACS
 • Drugs
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Drugs • ICP / Infections ... BRASH Syndrome ... Babesiosis • Leptospirosis ... Spondylarthropathies Other causes ... differential #diagnosis #causes
Biphasic Illness of Leptospirosis
Some patients do not progress to severe disease. Others, rapidly develop severe disease
Biphasic Illness of Leptospirosis ... -14 days): • Fever ... maculopapular rash ... • Others: nausea ... Washington University ID
Anaplasma Infection - Anaplasma phagocytophilum
Pathophysiology: 
 • Obligate, intracellular bacteria
 • Transmitted via blacklegged tick —
Anaplasma Infection ... after bite • Fever ... shaking chills • Rash ... #Anaplasma #Infection ... #diagnosis #microbiology
Microbial Etiology of Acute Pharyngitis - IDSA
Bacterial
 • Group A streptococcus - Pharyngotonsillitis, scarlet fever
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Pharyngotonsillitis, scarlet fever ... Scarlatiniform rash ... necrophorum - Lemierre’s syndrome ... #differential #causes ... #bacteria #microbiology
Summary of Infections in which Steroids play a role in treatment
 • TB meningitis
 • TB
pericarditis (select cases ... reconstitution inflammatory syndrome ... Severe typhoid fever ... • Ramsay Hunt syndrome ... #management #treatment
Adjuvant therapies in critical care: steroids to treat infectious diseases
 - Severe Community Acquired Pneumonia
steroids to treat infectious ... Pneumonia - Typhoid fever ... respiratory distress syndrome ... jirovecii pneumonia, id ... #Pharmacology #Management