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Faget Sign - Pulse-Temperature Dissociation
Causes of Relative Bradycardia
 • Infectious Causes: Legionella, Psittacosis, Q fever, Typhoid
of Relative Bradycardia ... Babesiosis, Malaria, Leptospirosis ... Dissociation #relative #bradycardia ... #differential # ... diagnosis #causes
Causes of Relative Bradycardia - Note the propensity for intracellular organisms.
Infectious: 
Legionella, Psittacosis, Q fever, Typhoid
Causes of Relative ... Bradycardia - Note ... Babesiosis, Malaria, Leptospirosis ... #Causes #differential ... #diagnosis #infectiousdiseases
Identification flowchart for filariae
Sheathed
 - Red sheath, tail has 2 nuclei connected by a thread -
Identification flowchart ... lauraebrown #Identification ... filariae #algorithm #differential ... #clinical #pathology ... #diagnosis #microbiology
Bradycardia - Differential Diagnosis Framework

BRADI Mnemonic
 • BRASH/Hyperkalemia
 • Reduced oxygen/Glucose/Temp
 • ACS
 • Drugs
 •
Bradycardia - Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... Babesiosis • Leptospirosis ... #differential # ... diagnosis #causes
Leptospirosis
Pathogen: Leptospira (interrogans, kirschneri, noguchii)
Risk Factors:
 • Occupational exposure - Farmers, ranchers, trappers, veterinarians
 • Recreational
Leptospirosis Pathogen ... non-productive cough, nausea ... Epidemiologic exposure + clinical ... #Leptospira #microbiology ... #diagnosis #treatment
Faget's Sign & Liebermeister's Rule
Pulse-Temperature Dissociation
EVERY 1 F RISE IN TEMPERATURE -> HR INCREASES 8-10 BPM
INFECTIOUS
• Malaria • Leptospirosis ... • Drug Fever CLINICAL ... help hone your differential ... #Dissociation #diagnosis ... #differential #
Dermatological semiology of Cutaneous Vasculitis 

Clinicopathologic correlations
 • Purpura, papules, pustules, necrosis: involvement of small vessels
medium-sized vessel) Identification ... of causes in the ... signs #lesions #diagnosis ... #clinical #manifestations ... pathology #lesions #differential
Creatine Kinase - Causes of Elevated CK Levels
Acute CK Elevation (Pain > Weakness):
 • RHABDOMYOLYSIS
Creatine Kinase - Causes ... immobility • Critical ... ASYMPTOMATIC: Macro ... #Elevated #CK #differential ... #diagnosis #rhabdomyolysis
Fever Patterns - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Continuous Fever:
Temp > 38°C with only 1 degree fluctuation in 24
Fever Patterns - Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... Non-Infectious Causes ... with Relative Bradycardia ... #Diagnosis #intermittent
Guide to Interpretation of Positive Blood Cultures

I arrange the potential Gram stain results that one can
Remember that clinician ... call from the micro ... reason to go to micro ... Interpretation #Laboratory #Microbiology ... #Diagnosis