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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, ... #leptospirosis ... infectiousdisease #fever #differential ... #diagnosis #management ... #treatment #table
Travel History - Clues to Infectious Disease Diagnosis in a Traveler 
 • Where did you
Clues to Infectious ... Disease Diagnosis ... → Leptospirosis ... #differential # ... Diagnosis #Traveler
Fever in Returning Travelers from Tropical Regions - Frequent Differential Diagnoses
Medical History:
 • Skin exposure to
Regions - Frequent Differential ... Diagnoses Medical ... melioidosis, typhoid, pulmonary ... #differential # ... diagnosis #tropical
Fever in the Returning Traveler - History
Exposure History:
 • Street foods / Local water: entenc fever,
the Returning Traveler ... tattoos, piercings, injections ... schistosomiasis, leptospirosis ... #History #diagnosis ... #differential
Non-Resolving Pneumonias: Etiologies
Unusual Infections:
 - Immunocompromised patients (e.g.: Mycobacterium, Aspergillosis, Nocardia)
 - Endemic Fungi (e.g.: Histoplasmosis,
Etiologies Unusual Infections ... psittaci/avian, leptospirosis ... ) - Returning travelers ... NonResolving #Pneumonia #diagnosis ... #pulmonary #differential
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 ... Diagnosis Framework ... hemorrhagic fevers, Leptospirosis ... #Diagnosis
Causes of Relative Bradycardia - Note the propensity for intracellular organisms.
Infectious: 
Legionella, Psittacosis, Q fever, Typhoid
Infectious: Legionella ... Babesiosis, Malaria, Leptospirosis ... bradycardia #Causes #differential ... #diagnosis #infectiousdiseases ... #table #NonInfectious
Comparison of vaginal infections characterized by abnormal discharge

#diagnosis #management #table #signs #symptoms #comparison #differential
Comparison of vaginal infections ... discharge #diagnosis ... #management #table ... symptoms #comparison #differential
IBD Mimics
Infectious - Always RULE OUT infection (CMV, C. diff esp.) obtain travel & exposures history:
IBD Mimics Infectious ... diff esp.) obtain travel ... Salmonella • Colon: C. difficile ... mimics #mimickers #differential ... #diagnosis #gastroenterology
Causes of Acute Infectious Diarrhea
Noninflammatory Diarrhea
Viral - Noroviruses, astrovirus, adenovirus, Rotavirus, sapovirus
Protozoal - Giardia lamblia, Cryptosporidium,
Causes of Acute Infectious ... parahaemolyticus, Clostridium difficile ... Causes #Acute #Infectious ... #differential # ... diagnosis #table