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Causes of Antibiotic Failure - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Diagnosis:
 • Non-Infectious: Malignant, Autoimmune, Drug-related (NMS, serotonin syndrome,
Antibiotic Failure - Differential ... Immunocompromise Treatment ... (daptomycin in lungs ... • Secondary to Treatment ... SJS, DIHS, drug fever
Causes of Pericardial Effusion - Differential Diagnosis
Infectious:
 • Viral: Enterovirus, Herpesvirus, Adenovirus, Parvovirus
 • Bacterial: Mycobacterium
Pericardial Effusion - Differential ... Diagnosis Infectious ... : • Rheumatologic ... Mediterranean Fever ... - Metastatic: Lung
Aortitis - Diagnosis and Workup
Clinical History:
 - Fever, weight loss, deterioration of general health
 - Aortic
Diagnosis and Workup ... Clinical History ... : - Fever, weight ... on the cause Infections ... #Differential #
Bilateral B-Lines in case of Pneumonia on Lung POCUS

Young healthy pt with fever/dyspnea. POCUS lung exam
healthy pt with fever ... Differential Bilat ... interstitial diffuse infections ... #POCUS #clinical ... #ultrasound
Macrophage Activation Syndrome (MAS)
Classified among the secondary or acquired forms of haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (sHLH)

What?
A subset of
disease • Periodic fever ... multiorgan failure • Fever ... - Nonremitting fever ... rash) • Heart, lung ... #Rheumatology
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
polymicrobial infection ... Lung Abscess - Clinical ... : • 80% have fever ... Intervention: - Fevers ... Abscess Differential
Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis (HLH)
Pathophysiology: Triggering factor (infection,...)→Activation of CD8 T cells (IFN-y) → Excessive activation of macrophages
accumulation of clinical ... Assessment • Clinical ... : fever +++, hepatosplenomegaly ... , ↓ Fibrinogen level ... #summary #rheumatology
Extra-articular and Other Conditions Associated with Joint Pain

Eyes
  • Iritis or uveitis - Spondyloarthropathies, Sarcoidosis,
Hyperthyroidism Fever ... • Rheumatic fever ... SLE, Rheumatic fever ... stenosis - Rheumatic fever ... • New murmur, fever
Adult-Onset Still's Disease
Clinical triad: Fever, Arthralgia/arthritis, Skin rash ± odynophagia
+ Biological inflammation: Increased neutrophils, Hyperferritinemia, decreased
Still's Disease Clinical ... triad: Fever, Arthralgia ... fraction < 20% Differential ... Diaqnoses: • Infectious ... #rheumatology
Travel History - Clues to Infectious Disease Diagnosis in a Traveler 
 • Where did you
History - Clues to Infectious ... association • How long ... Rabies, cat scratch fever ... Commercial sex worker ... #differential #