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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 ... , Tularemia, Plague ... ratbitefever #plague ... #management #treatment ... #table
Doxycycline - Coverage and Indications
 • Staphylococci (S aureus + CoNS)
 • The tick stuff: Borrelia
The tick stuff: Borrelia ... Bartonella, Q fever ... Coxiella burnetii), Plague ... #pharmacology #microbiology
Leptospirosis
Pathogen: Leptospira (interrogans, kirschneri, noguchii)
Risk Factors:
 • Occupational exposure - Farmers, ranchers, trappers, veterinarians
 • Recreational
Leptospirosis Pathogen ... manifestations • MAT microscopic ... TheIDtrivia #Leptospirosis ... #Leptospira #microbiology ... #diagnosis #treatment
Borrelia recurrentis on Peripheral Blood Smear
23M Somali refugee recently arrived w/severe abd pain, confusion and fever
BP stable, HR 115 ... The table below ... Treatment is tetracycline ... initiation of treatment ... recurrentis #BloodSmear #microscopy
Fusarium on Culture and Microscopy
Collecting a sample for culture from the eye is never fun, but
on Culture and Microscopy ... from the eye is never ... Pictured: 1) plate ... & reverse) 2) microscopic ... #clinical #microbiology
List of Zoonotic Diseases

Armadillos - Sporothrix schenckii (sporotrichosis), Mycobacterium leprae (leprosy)
Bamboo rats - Talaromyces marneffei (formerly
Yersinia Pestis (plague ... ), Borrelia recurrentis ... Leptospira interrogans (leptospirosis ... Yersinia pestis (plague ... InfectiousDiseases #table
List of Zoonotic Diseases

Armadillos - Sporothrix schenckii (sporotrichosis), Mycobacterium leprae (leprosy)
Bamboo rats - Talaromyces marneffei (formerly
Yersinia Pestis (plague ... ), Borrelia recurrentis ... Leptospira interrogans (leptospirosis ... Yersinia pestis (plague ... InfectiousDiseases #table
Cyclosporiasis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Pathogen: 
 • Cyclospora cayetanensis
 • Foodborne, waterbone, and soil-transmitted.
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diarrhea, Low-grade fever ... Established via stool microscopy ... Treatment: • TMP-SMX-DS ... diagnosis #management #treatment ... #microbiology #
Trichophyton tonsurans on Culture and Microscopy:
 - will often be from hair (monk tonsure)
 - macroconidia
on Culture and Microscopy ... don't think I've ever ... pigment on the plate ... tonsurans #Culture #Microscopy ... #clinical #microbiology

Haemophilus influenzae on culture and microscopy
Immunosuppressed patient, recently diagnosed with Flu A. Presents after initial improvement
on culture and microscopy ... improvement with fever ... Gram stain from plate ... the blood agar plate ... #clinical #microbiology