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Fever Patterns - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Continuous Fever:
Temp > 38°C with only 1 degree fluctuation in 24
• Rickettsial diseases ... • Crohn disease ... • Behcet disease ... • Disseminated tuberculosis ... • Tuberculous
IDSA Algorithm for the Initial Management of Fever and Neutropenia

LOW RISK
 • Antidpated neutropenia < 7
IDSA Algorithm for ... Management of Fever ... #neutropenic #fever ... #IDSA #Algorithm
IDSA - Prophylaxis to Prevent First Episode of Opportunistic Disease in HIV-AIDS
 • Pneumocystis pneumonia (PCP)
IDSA - Prophylaxis ... Opportunistic Disease ... Mycobacterium tuberculosis ... complex (MAC) disease ... #OIs #HIVAIDS #IDSA
Neurological Manifestations of Tuberculosis
Spinal Arachnoiditis & Polyradiculopathy:
 • Subacute onset of limb weakness, bladder/bowel dysfunction, muscle
Manifestations of Tuberculosis ... lesion Pott's Disease ... neurologic symptoms, fever ... ) • Headache, fever ... Meningitis: • Fever
IDSA - Prophylaxis to Prevent First Episode of Opportunistic Disease in HIV-AIDS
 • Pneumocystis pneumonia (PCP)
IDSA - Prophylaxis ... Opportunistic Disease ... Mycobacterium tuberculosis ... complex (MAC) disease ... #OIs #HIVAIDS #IDSA
Causes of Fever of Unknown Origin (FUO) - Differential Diagnosis
 • Infection: Extrapulmonary tuberculosis, Abscess, Endocarditis,
Extrapulmonary tuberculosis ... Non-infectious Inflammatory Diseases ... onset Still's disease ... dysfunction, Castleman disease ... , Kikuchi disease
Primary Adrenal Insufficiency
Addison's Disease - Damage of the adrenal glands with lack of cortisol, androgens and
• Autoimmune > Tuberculosis ... • Infection (tuberculosis ... • Low-grade fever ... /dL -> Primary AI ... ug/dL Primary AI
Lymphadenopathy - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Localized: 
 • Cervical: EBV, CMV, HIV, Toxo, TB, Lymphoma, Head /
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Thyroid / larynx disease ... , Tuberculosis ... - disseminated tuberculosis ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Causes of Hypercalcemia due to increased Vitamin D levels
 • The BIG 3:
Sarcoidosis - Tuberculosis ... granulomatous diseases ... vasculitis, Crohn's disease ... pneumonia, Cat scratch fever
Causes of Fever of Unknown Origin (FUO) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Neoplasm:
• NHL
• Hodgkin's lymphoma
• Leukemia
• Solid
Causes of Fever ... Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... • Lyme disease ... • Whipple's disease ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm