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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
#rodent #infections ... plague #rats #infectiousdisease ... #fever #differential ... #management #treatment ... #table
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
polymicrobial infection ... Abscess Pathophysiology ... : • 80% have fever ... Intervention: - Fevers ... Abscess Differential
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
• Cough, fever ... Aspergillosis Pathophysiology ... change in the lungs ... nails, bronchi, lungs ... ) #Mycoses #InfectiousDiseases
Endocarditis - Overview and Differential Diagnosis Framework

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV
- Overview and Differential ... , verrucous) - Lung ... night sweats, fever ... hematuria, + RF Treatment ... Diagnosis #cardiology #infectiousdiseases
Coccidioidomycosis (Valley Fever) - Diagnosis and Management Summary

WHAT?
 • Coccidioidomycosis due to Coccidioides immitis or Coccidioides
known as valley fever ... spherules in the lungs ... TREATMENT: Clinically ... stable patients ... Diagnosis #Management #infectiousdiseases