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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
Persistence of clinically relevant viruses on dry inanimate surfaces

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