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Causes of Fever of Unknown Origin (FUO) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Neoplasm:
• NHL
• Hodgkin's lymphoma
• Leukemia
• Solid
Causes of Fever ... Origin (FUO) - Differential ... Recurrent PE Bacterial ... Osteomyelitis • Occult abscess ... • Meningitis Bacterial
Rodent-associated Bacterial infections: Leptospirosis, Rat-bite fever, Tularemia, Plague 

#rodent
#infections
#leptospirosis
#tularemia
#ratbitefever
#plague
#rats
#infectiousdisease
#fever
#differential
#diagnosis
#management
#treatment
#table
Rodent-associated Bacterial ... , Rat-bite fever ... plague #rats #infectiousdisease ... #fever #differential ... #diagnosis #management
Causes of Acute Onset Fever - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Viral:
 • Rhinovirus
 • Influenza Virus
 • Parainfluenza
Causes of Acute ... Onset Fever - Differential ... Abscess: • Head ... #Differential # ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #causes
Suspected catheter-related bloodstream infection - Management Algorithm
 • Temperature 37.8 C   • Rigors
Antibiotic Management ... • Persistent fever ... and/or bacteremia ... endocarditis, epidural abscess ... and/or bacteremia
Causes of Antibiotic Failure - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Diagnosis:
 • Non-Infectious: Malignant, Autoimmune, Drug-related (NMS, serotonin syndrome,
Causes of Antibiotic ... Failure - Differential ... Bug: Atypical bacteria ... Source control (abscess ... SJS, DIHS, drug fever
Infective endocarditis - etiology and sources of infection. 
 • Native and prosthetic 
valve endocarditis
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for TPN) and antibiotic ... Endocarditis #Sources #Causes ... #Bacteria #Etiology ... #Differential # ... Microbiology #Diagnosis
Fever Patterns - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Continuous Fever:
Temp > 38°C with only 1 degree fluctuation in 24
Differential Diagnosis ... • Abscess, bacteremia ... Causes: • Still's ... Liver or lung abscess ... #Patterns #Differential
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
polymicrobial infection ... • Most common cause ... : • 80% have fever ... Intervention: - Fevers ... #causes #management
Microbial Etiology of Acute Pharyngitis - IDSA
Bacterial
 • Group A streptococcus - Pharyngotonsillitis, scarlet fever
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Pharyngitis - IDSA Bacterial ... peritonsillar abscess ... IDSA #diagnosis #differential ... #causes #bacteria ... #microbiology
Differential diagnosis of Skin + Eye infections
 • Bacterial: Staph spp, Strep spp, Pseudomonas spp, Bartonella,
Bacterial: Staph ... tuberculosis, M. abscessus ... #dermatology #InfectiousDiseases ... #Infections #Differential ... viral #fungal #Microbiology