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Whipple Disease (Tropheryma whipplei) - Diagnostic Algorithm

Whipple's disease suspected:
 • Arthralgias, weight loss, abdominal pain, diarrhea
) - Diagnostic Algorithm ... abdominal pain, diarrhea ... cognitive deficits • Fever ... unknown origin, chronic ... #diagnosis #algorithm
Algorithm for the Evaluation of Acute Diarrhea (< 7 days)
Are the following present?
   1.
Algorithm for the ... 1. ... Ova and parasite ... fever, abdominal ... #management #algorithm
Causes of Fever of Unknown Origin (FUO) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Neoplasm:
• NHL
• Hodgkin's lymphoma
• Leukemia
• Solid
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Autoimmune: • SLE ... • Lyme disease ... • Whipple's disease ... UnknownOrigin #FUO #Chronic
Algorithm for the Evaluation of Chronic Diarrhea (< 7 days)
Exclude:
1. Causes of acute diarrhea
2. Lactose intolerance
3.
Algorithm for the ... Evaluation of Chronic ... ) Exclude: 1. ... Systemic disease ... #algorithm #workup
Cold Urticaria
Prevalence - 0.05% in the population
Disease onset - Mostly 2nd to 4th decades of life
Causes
life Causes and clinical ... symptoms - Headache, fever ... abdominal pain, diarrhea ... , Chronic spontaneous ... urticaria, Chronic
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
 • Epidemiology: 10-180/100,000, Typically Age 20-40, F:M
Erythematosus (SLE ... Age 20-40, F:M 9:1 ... • Clinical Manifestations ... • Evolution: Chronic ... disease Dr.
Eosinophilia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Idiopathic Eosinophilia
Primary Eosinophilia:
 • Primary hypereosinophilic syndrome
 • Eosinophilic Leukemia
 • MPN/MDS
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Viral (HIV, HTLV-1) ... , Sarcoidosis, SLE ... insufficiency, Chronic ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Lyme Disease: Early and Late Clinical manifestations
Stage 1. Localized
 • EM appears 7-14 days at the
Lyme Disease: Early ... and Late Clinical ... manifestations Stage 1. ... arthralgia, headache, fever ... - Remitting, chronic
Approach to Joint Pain - Arthritis Differential Diagnosis Framework

Inflammatory Versus Noninflammatory Pain
 • Is it inflammatory
lasting > 30 mins - 1 ... • Rheumatic fever ... streptococci (rheumatic fever ... arthritis • SLE ... Symmetrical: • RA • SLE
Drug Induced Lupus vs SLE
Drug Induced Lupus (DIL):
 • Epidemiology: -10% of all lupus cases, drug-dependent,
drug-dependent, 4:1 ... to 1:1 F:M • Clinical ... • Clinical Manifestations ... • Evolution: Chronic ... disease Dr.