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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 ... #management #treatment
Leptospirosis
Pathogen: Leptospira (interrogans, kirschneri, noguchii)
Risk Factors:
 • Occupational exposure - Farmers, ranchers, trappers, veterinarians
 • Recreational
Leptospirosis Pathogen ... failure • Severe pulmonary ... TheIDtrivia #Leptospirosis ... #Leptospira #microbiology ... #diagnosis #treatment
Fever in Returning Travelers from Tropical Regions - Frequent Differential Diagnoses
Medical History:
 • Skin exposure to
Regions - Frequent Differential ... , leptospirosis, ... melioidosis, typhoid, pulmonary ... eosinophilia - Tropical pulmonary ... Returning #Traveler #differential
Fever Patterns - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Continuous Fever:
Temp > 38°C with only 1 degree fluctuation in 24
Differential Diagnosis ... • Rickettsial diseases ... • Leptospirosis ... • Malaria • Leptospirosis ... #Patterns #Differential
Dengue Fever - Diagnosis and Management Summary 
Dengue Fever → Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever →Dengue Hemorrhagic Shock
Dengue Fever - Diagnosis ... and Management Summary ... Dengue Fever ... 7 days (Ig)M Treatment ... Diagnosis #Management #microbiology
Pulmonary Renal Syndromes and Mimics - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Diffuse alveolar hemorrhage + rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis
90%:
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Pulmonary Renal ... Syndromes and Mimics - Differential ... other hemorrhagic fevers ... , Leptospirosis, ... Kumfer @AnnKumfer #Pulmonary
Biphasic Illness of Leptospirosis
Some patients do not progress to severe disease. Others, rapidly develop severe disease
Biphasic Illness of Leptospirosis ... develop severe disease ... -14 days): • Fever ... dysfunction) • Pulmonary ... Questions @WuidQ #Leptospirosis
MonkeyPox Virus - Summary Review - What we know so far

 • History
 • Epidemiology
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MonkeyPox Virus - Summary ... Transmission • Differential ... Diagnosis • Treatment ... infectiousdiseases #microbiology ... #treatment
Bradycardia - Differential Diagnosis Framework

BRADI Mnemonic
 • BRASH/Hyperkalemia
 • Reduced oxygen/Glucose/Temp
 • ACS
 • Drugs
 •
Bradycardia - Differential ... Hyperkalemia Pulmonary ... • Chagas disease ... Babesiosis • Leptospirosis ... #Bradycardia #differential
Lung Abscess
Microbiology:
 • Polymicrobial 
 • Anaerobes (most common) 
Clinical: 
 • Indolent symptoms that evolve
Lung Abscess Microbiology ... to rnonths • Fever ... , hemoptysis Treatment ... Abscess #Diagnosis #Pulmonary