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Fever Patterns - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Continuous Fever:
Temp > 38°C with only 1 degree fluctuation in 24
Differential Diagnosis ... hours • Viral and ... : High spike and ... rises gradually and ... #Patterns #Differential
Causes of Severe Aortic Regurgitation - Differential Diagnosis
Acute:
 • Leaflet: Traumatic Rupture, Acute Infective Endocarditis, Acute
- Differential ... Acute Infective Endocarditis ... , Rheumatic Fever ... Aortic Aneurysms and ... #Differential #
Primary and Secondary Causes of Mitral Regurgitation
Primary (organic) chronic mitral regurgitation:
 • Leaflet: Rheumatic fever, Infective
Primary and Secondary ... Leaflet: Rheumatic fever ... , Infective endocarditis ... , Infective endocarditis ... #differential #
Causes of Leukocytosis and Leukopenia - Differential Diagnosis
 • Eosinophilia (AEC > 500, hypereosinophilia > 1500):
of Leukocytosis and ... Leukopenia - Differential ... Eosinophilia (AEC ... Leukocytosis #Leukopenia #Differential ... Diagnosis #causes #hematology
Causes of Fever of Unknown Origin (FUO) - Differential Diagnosis
 • Infection: Extrapulmonary tuberculosis, Abscess, Endocarditis,
Origin (FUO) - Differential ... Diagnosis • Infection ... tuberculosis, Abscess, Endocarditis ... Malignancy: - Hematologic ... carcinoma • Non-infectious
Fever in Returning Travelers from Tropical Regions - Frequent Differential Diagnoses
Medical History:
 • Skin exposure to
Regions - Frequent Differential ... HIV, hepatitis B and ... infective endocarditis ... mononucleosis, infective endocarditis ... Returning #Traveler #differential
Endocarditis - Duke Criteria - Major and Minor

MAJOR CRITERIA: 
 - Persistently +ve blood culture for
Endocarditis - Duke ... Criteria - Major and ... - New valvular regurgitation ... Coxiella burnetii infection ... drug use - Fever
Endocarditis Summary

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV substance use
• IV catheter
• Recent
mitral regurgitation ... night sweats, fever ... Marantic (NTBE) Differential ... Paradoxical emboli via ASD ... Persistent bacteremia/fevers
Extra-articular and Other Conditions Associated with Joint Pain

Eyes
  • Iritis or uveitis - Spondyloarthropathies, Sarcoidosis,
Bacterial or viral infection ... Subacute bacterial endocarditis ... • Aortic regurgitation ... - Bacterial endocarditis ... #joint #pain #differential
Purpura - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Non-blanchable, dark red to purple, hemorrhagic skin lesions that result from leakage
Purpura - Differential ... SLE) - Viral infections ... APLS • Acute Infectious ... mountain spotted fever ... • Bacterial endocarditis