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#ID  #InfectiousDiseases  #Infections
#Microbiology #Micro
#Differential #Ddx
Ixodes #Ixodestick #tick ... #Lyme #tickbite ... babesia #babesiosis #morulae
Algorithmic Guide to Tick-Borne Illnesses in the United States - By Major Symptoms (Fever, Rash, Lymphadenopathy)
Algorithmic Guide ... to Tick-Borne Illnesses ... Major Symptoms (Fever ... Geography #Region #Ticks ... #Fever Rash
Peripheral blood smear of a patient with tick bite and PCR positive for Ehrlichia ewingii.

Ehrlichia ewinqii
a patient with tick ... intracellular inclusions/morulae ... ewingii #Smear #Morulae ... Pathology #Microscopy #TickBite
Anaplasma Infection - Anaplasma phagocytophilum
Pathophysiology: 
 • Obligate, intracellular bacteria
 • Transmitted via blacklegged tick —
via blacklegged tick ... granulocytes, within morulae ... after bite • Fever
Inflammatory Joint Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 
Monoarticular
 • Gout (Podagra, Tophi)
 • Pseudogout
 • Early
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... • Rheumatic Fever ... Lyme Disease (Tick ... • Rheumatic Fever ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Fever of Unknown Origin (FUO) - Further Workup

 • CNS symptoms? Get an LP and imaging
Fever of Unknown ... Refer to your ‘Fever ... Returning Traveler’ algorithm ... Thick and thin smear ... udaygulati #FUO #Fever
Weaning from the Ventilator - Algorithm
Setting up for extubation success
 • Decrease demand — correct metabolic
the Ventilator - Algorithm ... CO2 production (fever ... happy lungs Nick ... Weaning #Ventilator #Algorithm