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Causes of Relative Bradycardia - Note the propensity for intracellular organisms.
Infectious: 
Legionella, Psittacosis, Q fever, Typhoid
Causes of Relative ... #bradycardia #Causes ... #differential #diagnosis ... #infectiousdiseases ... #table #NonInfectious
Tick Borne Illnesses
 • Lyme (Borrelia)
 • Babesiosis (Babesia)
 • Human Monocytic Ehrlichiosis (Ehrlichia)
 • Human
Mountain Spotted Fever ... #differential #diagnosis ... #comparison #table ... #infectiousdiseases
TRALI vs TACO - Transfusion Reactions
TRALI:
 • Epidemiology: 0.1% of transfused patientsl
 • Risk factors: Critical
without other cause ... • Fever and hypotension ... : Age>60, CKD, CHF ... pulmonary edema) • Fever ... #comparison #table
Aortitis - Diagnosis and Workup
Clinical History:
 - Fever, weight loss, deterioration of general health
 - Aortic
Aortitis - Diagnosis ... Clinical History: - Fever ... hypertension) - Symptoms ... depending on the cause ... Nivolumab, GM-CSF
CNS Infections - Viral Encephalitis and Bacterial Meningitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Viral Encephalitis:
MCC: Enteroviruses (e.g., coxsackievirus
Coltivirus Symptoms ... • Headache • Fever ... influenzae Symptoms ... meningeal signs (fever ... #neurology #meningitis
Borrelia recurrentis on Peripheral Blood Smear
23M Somali refugee recently arrived w/severe abd pain, confusion and fever
confusion and fever ... This is relapsing fever ... Syndrome: 3d of fever ... Fever recurs over ... The table below
Approach to Eosinophilic Lung Diseases
 • Acute Eosinophilic Pneumonia (< 1 wk) - ~30yo, M; Recent
initiation of smoking; Fever ... brown sputum, fever ... Travel hx, food hx; Fever ... #differential #diagnosis ... #comparison #table
Cold Urticaria
Prevalence - 0.05% in the population
Disease onset - Mostly 2nd to 4th decades of life
Causes
decades of life Causes ... and duration of symptoms ... - Headache, fever ... #rheumatology #comparison ... #table
NINDS Diagnostic Criteria for Guillain Barre Syndrome 
Features Required for Guillain-Barré Syndrome:
 • Progressive muscle weakness
NINDS Diagnostic ... , Mild sensory symptoms ... dysfunction, Absence of fever ... Sharp sensory level ... #criteria #neurology
Neurological Manifestations of Tuberculosis
Spinal Arachnoiditis & Polyradiculopathy:
 • Subacute onset of limb weakness, bladder/bowel dysfunction, muscle
, fever, inccreased ... ) • Headache, fever ... • Caused by immune ... Meningitis: • Fever ... #Tuberculosis #diagnosis