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Complications of Measles: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
 • ADEM -> Fever, headache, neck stiffness, BBD, mental
Pathogenesis and Clinical ... Findings • ADEM -> Fever ... SOB, fatigue, fever ... diagnosis #signs #symptoms ... #pathophysiology
Fever in Returning Travelers from Tropical Regions - Frequent Differential Diagnoses
Medical History:
 • Skin exposure to
Fever in Returning ... infection Cardinal Symptoms ... localizing signs or symptoms ... melioidosis, typhoid, pulmonary ... eosinophilia - Tropical pulmonary
Giant Cell (Temporal) Arteritis: Pathogenesis and investigations
Risk Factors:
 - Unclear environmental triggers (may be viral, not
GCA is almost never ... old; F>M Signs/Symptoms ... : - Fever - ... Temporal #Arteritis #Pathophysiology ... Diagnosis #Signs #Symptoms
Fever of Unknown Origin (FUO) - Further Workup

 • CNS symptoms? Get an LP and imaging
Fever of Unknown ... Workup • CNS symptoms ... Refer to your ‘Fever ... node biopsy • Clinical ... udaygulati #FUO #Fever
Lung Abscess
Microbiology:
 • Polymicrobial 
 • Anaerobes (most common) 
Clinical: 
 • Indolent symptoms that evolve
most common) Clinical ... • Indolent symptoms ... to rnonths • Fever ... Abscess #Diagnosis #Pulmonary ... #Clinical #CXR
Sarcoidosis 
Non-caseating granulomas (Composed of T-helper & inflammatory cells) 
Clinical:
 • Disease fatal in 10% of
inflammatory cells) Clinical ... Constitutional: Fever ... polyarthritis • Pulmonary ... Sarcoidosis #Diagnosis #Symptoms ... #Signs #Pulmonary
Miliary Tuberculosis 
Hematogenous dissemination of Mycobacterium tuberculosis 
Clinical: 
 • Failure to thrive 
 • Fever
tuberculosis Clinical ... to thrive • Fever ... and joints • Liver ... Tuberculosis #TB #Pulmonary
Acute Rheumatic Fever: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings

Delayed autoimmune reaction
-> Molecular mimicry
-> GAS antigen cross-reacts with host
->
Acute Rheumatic Fever ... Pathogenesis and Clinical ... inflammation • Fever ... RheumaticFever #pathophysiology ... diagnosis #signs #symptoms
TRALI vs TACO - Transfusion Reactions
TRALI:
 • Epidemiology: 0.1% of transfused patientsl
 • Risk factors: Critical
Risk factors: Critical ... ARDS to explain symptoms ... • Fever and hypotension ... , and CXR with pulmonary ... edema) • Fever
Differential Diagnosis - Noninfectious Causes of Fever

CRITICAL DIAGNOSES:
 - Acute myocardial infarction
 - Pulmonary embolism or
Noninfectious Causes of Fever ... CRITICAL DIAGNOSES ... infarction - Pulmonary ... DIAGNOSES - Drug fever ... Postmyocardiotomy syndrome #Fever