#idboardreview 20 F sex worker from China, asymptomatic gets routine STI testing: +gonorrhea vaginalNAAT, treated with 1gram IM ceftriaxone, all other STI/HIV negative. Abstinence until test of cure but repeat test positive. next steps? #idtwitter #idmeded #meded #STI
#gonorrhea ceftriaxone-resistant FC428 clone carrying the mosaic penA-60.001 allelecdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/7…
Feb 9 • 9 tweets • 2 min read
#idboardreview 25 military returned from Iraq 3wks ago: Fever, myalgia/arthralgia, headache, cough x1wk, mild abd pain, exposure to goat herders & bought a wool rug +sick contacts w/flu like sx. wbc3k, plt110 Cr1.2, mild⬆️AST/ALT+interstitial pneumonia #medEd #idmedEd #idtwitter
#Qfever well documented in military stationed in Iraq. Infection acquired by inhalation of #Coxiella burnetii from soil or fomites contaminated w/urine, feces or parturition products of cattle, goats, sheep. Organisms can survive in fomites for months. Pic Ref radiopedia
Nov 19, 2023 • 16 tweets • 2 min read
#idboardreview 50 M from 🇬🇧 recent mountain biking trip to 🇩🇪 🇪🇸 presents w/ fever, sore throat, cervical lymphadenopathy, myalgia, plt100, AST300, ALT200, prickly rash face then arms, now on trunk. Spares palms/soles. Diagnosis? #medEd #idmedEd #idtwitter
#rubella or atypical #measles in adult
Aug 31, 2022 • 5 tweets • 3 min read
#idboardreview 17 M w/hx of meningitis s/p course of iv ceftriaxone. Now 2 wks later present with fever, RUQ abd pain. Ultrasound: gallstones that disappeared on repeat imaging in 2 weeks. dx? #idtwitter#idmeded#meded#Ceftriaxone-associated #pseudocholelithiasis Ceftriaxone, excreted & concentrated in gallbladder bile, can form a precipitate, ceftriaxone–calcium salt, which may cause biliary sludge formation rarely in pts who receive high-dose treatment (≥2 g)
Aug 30, 2022 • 4 tweets • 3 min read
#idtwitter#idboardreview by our now faculty @mmcclean1@CIDJournal@SamirGu02674263doi.org/10.1093/cid/ci… 58 M Indiana farmer using manuer fertilizer x months w/progressive cough, dyspnea, pleuritic chest pain, chills x11mo: CT: pulm nodules. BC: gram+bacilli #meded#Rhodococcus hoagii (previously R equi) bacteremia with septic pulmonary emboli
-aerobic gram+coccobacillus
-Cells adopt a coccoid morphology when grown on solid media &
-in liquid media bacilli of varying lengths that often appear beaded in gram-stained preparations are formed
Mar 22, 2022 • 5 tweets • 3 min read
#IdBoardReview Amazonian farmer w/ multiple skin nodules of L leg x20+yrs (which itch & bleed frequently)started post penetrating injury w/ thorn of a plant. biopsy chronic granulomatous process: dermis w/ thick walled round fungi forming single chains. #IDTwitter#meded#lobomycosis Ref ajtmh.org/view/journals/…
Mar 20, 2022 • 5 tweets • 3 min read
#idboardreview Pt recent travel to Malaysia, spend time on the beach now w/ this itchy rash x2wks. Also w/ cough, occasional dyspnea, eosinophilia, ill defined reticulonodular infiltrates on chest CT #idtwitter#idmeded#MedEd
cutaneous larva migrans (#CLM) with #Löeffler’s syndrome. Tx w/ albendazole x7d and symptoms resolved Ref ajtmh.org/view/journals/…
#idboardreview 40 M originally from Cameroon, also travel to Ghana & Mali, now w/6 mo progressive weakness requiring wheelchair use,lethargy, 30lb wt loss, confusion. CSF lymphocytic pleocytosis. dx? #meded#idmeded#IDtwitter
Human African #trypanosomiasis endemic to sub-Saharan Africa & fatal when untreated. parasite Trypanosoma #brucei transmitted by tsetse fly (Glossina spp) vector
#IdBoardReview sudden onset of fever, bronchitis, pneumonia, severe resp illness outbreak in pts of all ages/immune status that attended a game last week. BAL pleomorphic gm- bacteria. What type of isolation? #IDtwitter#idmedEd#medEd
Inhalation #tularemia bioterrorism needs standard precautions as
Not transmitted from person to person cdc.gov/infectioncontr…
#idboardreview 20 F w/ SLE on hydroxychloroquine & recently high dose steroids for SLE flare presents w/F, dyspnea, diarrhea, wbc6k, Na133, COVID/RVPneg, procal9, galactomann neg, dx? #meded#idmeded#idtwitter#Legionella cavitary pneumonia is atypical presentation of Legionnaire’s disease & more commonly w/ impaired cellular immunity due to corticosteroids (particularly high-dose steroid), immunosuppressive therapy, organ transplant & HIV infection; Case Ref idimages
Nov 24, 2021 • 7 tweets • 5 min read
#idboardreview 60 F who handles hares w/ 1wk lesion on R 2nd finger +F/chills, HA, axillary lymphadenopathy, no improvement on amoxicillin/clav. Culture+ colonies 2 to 4 mm in size, greenish-white, round, smooth, slightly mucoid. #idmedEd#medEd#IDTwitter#tularemia Francisella tularensis , an aerobic catalase-positive, gram negative coccobacilli omicsonline.org/open-access/tu…
Nov 23, 2021 • 5 tweets • 4 min read
#idboardreview 30 M chef, 2 🐈4 🐀 pets w/close contact, no bites/scratches present w/ diffuse maculopapular, non-blanching slightly palpable rash some petechiae involves palms/soles. Tender swollen R knee, L Ankle/wrist. #IdMedEd#IDTwitter#medEd
Rat-bite fever is a bacterial infection caused by #Streptobacillus moniliformis, which is more common in North America, and Spirillum minus, which is more common in Asia journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/CM…