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Tick Borne Illnesses
 • Lyme (Borrelia)
 • Babesiosis (Babesia)
 • Human Monocytic Ehrlichiosis (Ehrlichia)
 • Human
Mountain Spotted Fever ... Rickettsia) - VA Joint ... Borne #Illnesses #differential ... #diagnosis #comparison ... #table #infectiousdiseases
Miliary Tuberculosis 
Hematogenous dissemination of Mycobacterium tuberculosis 
Clinical: 
 • Failure to thrive 
 • Fever
to thrive • Fever ... • Bones and joints ... • Liver • ... Tuberculosis #TB #Pulmonary ... #InfectiousDiseases
Extra-articular and Other Conditions Associated with Joint Pain

Eyes
  • Iritis or uveitis - Spondyloarthropathies, Sarcoidosis,
Hyperthyroidism Fever ... • Rheumatic fever ... SLE, Rheumatic fever ... • New murmur, fever ... #pain #differential
Myositis and Myopathies
Polymyositis 
 • Progressive, symmetric muscle weakness 
 • Elevated CK, +Anti-Jo, +Anti-Mi2
Dermatomyositis
, Fever, No muscle ... myopathy) VA Joint ... Myopathies #myopathy #differential ... #diagnosis #comparison ... #rheumatology
Approach to Joint Pain - Diagnostic Framework

1) Chronicity
2) Inflammatory vs Non-Inflammatory
3) Number of Joints Involved

1) Chronicity:
Approach to Joint ... 3) Number of Joints ... acute rheumatic fever ... #rheumatology # ... approach #workup #differential
Skin Conditions Associated with Joint Pain

Rash
	• Human parvovirus B19 infection

Malar rash
	• SLE
	• Human parvovirus B19 infection
	•
Associated with Joint ... • Rheumatic fever ... #joint #pain #skin ... #rashes #differential ... #diagnosis #rheumatology
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
Hodgkin's Lymphoma vs Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma - Comparison

Hodgkin's Lymphoma:
 • Epidemiology: young adults 20-30, older 50-70
 •
Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma - Comparison ... - Pel-Ebstein fever ... involvement Differential ... #NonHodgkins #comparison ... #hematology
Pulmonary Renal Syndrome

Definition: Diffuse alveolar hemorrhage + Glomerulonephritis
Presentation (Pulmonary and renal manifestations can occur weeks apart):
Pulmonary Renal ... Cough, Dyspnea, Fever ... symptomatology Differential ... Renal #Syndrome #differential ... #diagnosis #nephrology
Lung Infections in HIV - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Disease by CD4 Count:
Any CD4 Count:
 • Mycobacterium tuberculosis,
Infections in HIV - Differential ... • Fever, weight ... Infections #HIV #AIDS #pulmonary ... #differential # ... diagnosis #infectiousdiseases