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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
: Leptospirosis, ... Rat-bite fever, ... #leptospirosis ... #differential ... #management #treatment
Fusarium on Culture and Microscopy
Collecting a sample for culture from the eye is never fun, but
and Microscopy ... from the eye is never ... & reverse) 2) microscopic ... Eye infections are ... #microbiology
Fever Patterns - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Continuous Fever:
Temp > 38°C with only 1 degree fluctuation in 24
Differential Diagnosis ... Leptospira • Borrelia ... • Lymphoma • Borrelia ... • Leptospirosis ... #Patterns #Differential
Blood culture contaminants
Grouped by gram negative vs gram positive vs other as well as never/maybe/probably
Some additional
Blood culture contaminants ... other as well as never ... Diseases #Infections ... #Microbiology # ... Micro #Differential
Borrelia recurrentis on Peripheral Blood Smear
23M Somali refugee recently arrived w/severe abd pain, confusion and fever
Borrelia recurrentis ... Treatment is tetracycline ... initiation of treatment ... Infectious Diseases ... recurrentis #BloodSmear #microscopy
Non-Resolving Pneumonias: Etiologies
Unusual Infections:
 - Immunocompromised patients (e.g.: Mycobacterium, Aspergillosis, Nocardia)
 - Endemic Fungi (e.g.: Histoplasmosis,
Etiologies Unusual Infections ... psittaci/avian, leptospirosis ... yersinia/rats, Q fever ... polyangiitis, microscopic ... diagnosis #pulmonary #differential
Adult-Onset Still's Disease
Clinical triad: Fever, Arthralgia/arthritis, Skin rash ± odynophagia
+ Biological inflammation: Increased neutrophils, Hyperferritinemia, decreased
Clinical triad: Fever ... fraction < 20% Differential ... Diaqnoses: • Infectious ... Mycoplasma, yersinia, borrelia ... diagnosis #management #treatment
Tularemia - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Francisella tularensis - Aerobic fastidious gram-negative Coccobacillus - Zoonotic Infection
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Coccobacillus - Zoonotic Infection ... Ulceroglandular: Fever ... Serology (preferred), Culture ... & GS, PCR Treatment ... infectiousdiseases #microbiology
Endocarditis Summary

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV substance use
• IV catheter
• Recent
Infectious: • Pre-existing ... Hypercoagulable (APLAS) Microbiology ... night sweats, fever ... Marantic (NTBE) Differential ... Persistent bacteremia/fevers
CAPD-associated peritonitis (Continuous Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis) - 5 Things To Know
Diagnosis (Two of the following):
(1) Clinical
Positive effluent culture ... Note that fever ... Microbiology: • ... diverticulitis) Treatment ... Conncomitant catheter infection