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Asplenia Management
 • Key Pathogens: H. influenzae type b, Neisseria meningitidis, Capnocytophaga spp, Malaria, Babesia
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Asplenia Management ... • Key Pathogens ... Fever or systemic infection ... asplenic #Asplenia #Management ... #infections #vaccinations
Listeriosis Summary - Listeria Monocytogenes
Pathogen: Listeria Monocytogenes - Gram-positive rod, Aerobic, facultative anaerobe, motile, beta-hemolytic, Non-spore-forming
Risk
Monocytogenes Pathogen ... Pregnancy • CNS infection ... ) • CSF (CNS Infection ... Monocytogenes #diagnosis #management
Listeriosis Summary - Listeria Monocytogenes
Pathogen: Listeria Monocytogenes - Gram-positive rod, Aerobic, facultative anaerobe, motile, beta-hemolytic, Non-spore-forming
Risk
Monocytogenes Pathogen ... Pregnancy • CNS infection ... ) • CSF (CNS Infection ... Monocytogenes #diagnosis #management
Nocardiosis - Nocardia spp
Pathogen: Filamentous gram-positive branching rod, grows in acid fast staining and anaerobic conditions
Clinical
Nocardia spp Pathogen ... Primary site of infection ... Nocardia #diagnosis #management
Suspected catheter-related bloodstream infection - Management Algorithm
 • Temperature 37.8 C   • Rigors
- Management Algorithm ... antibiotics Antibiotic Management ... stable Antibiotic Management ... • Resistant pathogens ... #Management #Algorithm
Hantavirus
Pathogen: Hantavirus - Rodents are the primary reservoir
Transmission:
 • Shed in the urine, feces, saliva of
Hantavirus Pathogen ... common route of infection ... Hantavirus #diagnosis #management
Debridement and Management of Prosthetic Joint Infection (PJI)
Duration of symptoms <3 weeks OR  <30 days
Debridement and Management ... Prosthetic Joint Infection ... tracts • Known pathogen ... sx of relapsed infection ... #Debridement #Management
Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome - Overview of IRIS

What Is IRIS?
	• A state of hyperinflammatory response that
to an existing infection ... depend on the pathogen ... involved Pathogens ... edema Other Pathogens ... Differential #Diagnosis #Management
Cyclosporiasis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Pathogen: 
 • Cyclospora cayetanensis
 • Foodborne, waterbone, and soil-transmitted.
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Diagnosis and Management ... Summary Pathogen ... transmission as zoonotic infection ... cayetanensis #diagnosis #management
Capnocytophaga
Pathogen: Capnocytophaga
 • 9 species, C. canimorsus responsible for the majority of infections
 • Gram-negative rod,
Capnocytophaga Pathogen ... the majority of infections ... infectiousdiseases #diagnosis #management