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Pediatric Discitis - Inflammation of intervertebral disc 
Etiology 
 • Bacterial or viral 
Clinical 
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Pediatric Discitis ... Bacterial or viral Clinical ... Absent or low grade fever ... • Radicular symptoms ... Diagnosis
Fever of Unknown Origin (FUO) - Further Workup

 • CNS symptoms? Get an LP and imaging
Fever of Unknown ... Workup • CNS symptoms ... Refer to your ‘Fever ... the respective fungal ... udaygulati #FUO #Fever
Pediatric Inflammatory Multisystem Syndrome Temporally associated with SARS-CoV-2 infection (PIMS-TS)
Clinical features
all: fever > 101.3 F
most: oxygen
Pediatric Inflammatory ... infection (PIMS-TS) Clinical ... features all: fever ... #coronavirus #diagnosis ... #Signs #Symptoms
Clinical Algorithm for Emergency Department Evaluation and Management of UTI in Febrile Infants and Young Children

Urinary
Clinical Algorithm ... Evaluation and Management ... department with fever ... UTI #Algorithm #Diagnosis ... #Fever
Temporal (Giant cell) Arteritis 
Risk Factors:
 • Age (almost never occurs before age 50) 
Clinical:
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• Age (almost never ... before age 50) Clinical ... Constitutional symptoms ... loss (amaurosis fugax ... GiantCell #Arteritis #Diagnosis
Kerion
Raised, boggy lesion with heaped up purulent nodules 
Caused by host's response to a fungal ringworm
response to a fungal ... mentagrophytes) Clinical ... Hair loss • Fever ... #Dermatology #Diagnosis ... #Management #Features
Croup Diagnosis and Management Pearls
Common childhood illness, usually viral and self limiting. Characterised by a seal-like
Croup Diagnosis ... and Management Pearls ... hoarse voice +/- fever ... rhinorrhea, and fever ... #Management #pediatrics
Aortitis - Diagnosis and Workup
Clinical History:
 - Fever, weight loss, deterioration of general health
 - Aortic
Aortitis - Diagnosis ... and Workup Clinical ... History: - Fever ... hypertension) - Symptoms ... Salmonella, ..), Fungal
Pneumocystis jirovecii Pneumonia 
Clinical 
 • Caused by Pneumocystis jirovecii (formerly carinil) 
 • Immunocompromised host
jirovecii Pneumonia Clinical ... CD4 < 200 • Symptoms ... 2—3 weeks • Fever ... PJP #Pneumonia #Diagnosis ... #Management
Suspected catheter-related bloodstream infection - Management Algorithm
 • Temperature 37.8 C   • Rigors
Hemodynamically stable ... • Persistent fever ... • Persistent fever ... pathogens (S. aureus, fungal ... Algorithm #CRBSI #diagnosis