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By Dr. Sara Dong @swinndong via Febrile [febrilepodcast.com  @febrilepodcast]
#ID  #InfectiousDiseases  #Infections
#Microbiology #Micro
#Differential #Ddx
Ddx #Diagnosis #Ixodes ... Ixodestick #tick #Lyme #tickbite ... babesia #babesiosis #morulae
By Dr. Sara Dong @swinndong via Febrile [febrilepodcast.com  @febrilepodcast]
#ID  #InfectiousDiseases  #Infections
#Microbiology #Micro
#Differential #Ddx
Ddx #Diagnosis #Ixodes ... Ixodestick #tick #Lyme #tickbite
Peripheral blood smear of a patient with tick bite and PCR positive for Ehrlichia ewingii.

Ehrlichia ewinqii
intracellular inclusions/morulae ... ewingii #Smear #Morulae ... Pathology #Microscopy #TickBite
Anaplasma Infection - Anaplasma phagocytophilum
Pathophysiology: 
 • Obligate, intracellular bacteria
 • Transmitted via blacklegged tick —
blacklegged tick — Ixodes ... granulocytes, within morulae
Simplifying Mechanical Ventilation - Modes of Mechanical Ventilation - Comparison Table

You now know many modes whether
Ventilation - Modes ... Ventilation - Comparison Table ... now know many modes ... #CriticalCare #Modes ... Breaths #Comparison #Table
Human Granulocytic Anaplasmosis vs Ehrlichiosis vs Babesiosis
Nonspecific febrile illness with severe headache and myalgia.
Diagnosis: NAAT, Blood
Phagocytophilum, Tick: Ioxedes ... microti, Tick: Ioxedes ... diagnosis #comparison #table
Personality Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
• Enduring pattern of experience and behaviour that deviates from cultural
The pattern is stable ... rules, order, and codes
Mechanical ventilation in obese patients according to the i-STAR Algorithm
Intubate
 • Anticipate difficult airway management and
controlled/guarantee modes ... ARDSnet low-PEEP table
Borrelia recurrentis on Peripheral Blood Smear
23M Somali refugee recently arrived w/severe abd pain, confusion and fever
BP stable, HR 115 ... and is spread by Ixodes ... The table below
Persistence of clinically relevant viruses on dry inanimate surfaces

Most common viruses persist on surfaces for days
their genetic codes ... infectiousdiseases #diagnosis #table