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In order to better classify heart failure, the American College of Cardiology Foundation and the American
Association functional class ... With treatment, ... in patients who never ... signs of heart ... #Classes #NYHA
Tularemia - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Francisella tularensis - Aerobic fastidious gram-negative Coccobacillus - Zoonotic Infection
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Ulceroglandular: Fever ... eye; unilateral symptoms ... in the United States ... Culture & GS, PCR Treatment ... #infectiousdiseases
Hyperthyroidism Overview

Clinical Manifestation of Hyperthyroidism:
 • Fatigue
 • Weight loss
 • Heat intolerance
 • Depression, nervousness
arrhythmia - Fever ... ↑ AST/ALT • Treatment ... proptosis), unblinking stare ... endocrinology #signs ... #symptoms #thyroid
Subinvolution of the uterus refers to the delayed return of the uterus to its pre-pregnancy size
Typically takes ... abnormalities Signs ... and Symptoms ... tenderness Possibly fever ... suspected) Treatment
CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
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Antimicrobial treatment ... : Fever, headache ... : Fever, headache ... altered mental status ... opportunistic #InfectiousDiseases
The Stages of Syphilis 

Primary Syphilis 
- The chancre lesion is the hallmark of primary syphilis.
Without treatment ... soles in 50% of cases ... exposure to or symptoms ... Neurosyphilis. including tabes ... Tabes dorsalis damages
Differentiating NBTE from Infective Endocarditis
No pathognomonic signs/symptoms or echo features that are specific to NBTE, and
pathognomonic signs ... /symptoms or echo ... Hypercoagulable states ... Clinical features: Fever ... in up to 30% of cases
Syphilis - Clinical Manifestations and Treatment

1) Primary Syphilis
 • Direct lesion contact during sex is responsible
responsible for most cases ... Presentation: Fever ... General paresis and tabes ... infected without symptoms ... #Syphilis #stages
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
conidia → Yeast → travel ... • Fever, cough ... iron overload states ... • Isolated fever ... ) #Mycoses #InfectiousDiseases
CNS Infections - Viral Encephalitis and Bacterial Meningitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Viral Encephalitis:
MCC: Enteroviruses (e.g., coxsackievirus
• Headache • Fever ... parenchymatous (tabes ... Acute meningeal signs ... (fever, nuchal ... differential #diagnosis #neurology