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Infectious Joint Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 
Polyarticular Join Pain
 • Viral Myalgia
 • Viral Arthritis
Infectious Joint ... Pain - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... rash) • Primary HIV ... #Orthopedics #Causes
Approach to Joint Pain - Diagnostic Framework

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

1) Chronicity:
Pain - Diagnostic ... Like in this case ... - parvovirus, HIV ... rheumatology #approach #workup ... #differential #
Causes of Polyneuropathy - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
 • Metabolic: DM, Hypothyroidism, CKD, Cirrhosis, Nutritional deficiency
 •
Causes of Polyneuropathy ... - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... : HIV, Lyme, Diphtheria ... Mitochondrial issues - VA Joint
Causes of Thrombocytopenia and Platelet Disorders - Differential Diagnosis and Workup
History:
 - Prior platelet count, family
Diagnosis and Workup ... procedures - Infection ... Risks factor for HIV ... peripheral blood smear, HIV ... #Diagnosis #Causes
Travel History - Clues to Infectious Disease Diagnosis in a Traveler 
 • Where did you
, Hepatitis C, HIV ... , Hepatitis C, HIV ... , HIV, Hepatitis ... Commercial sex worker ... #differential #
Etiologies of dilated cardiomyopathy. HF, heart failure; HFrEF, heart failure with reduced ejection fraction; HIV, human
ejection fraction; HIV ... disease - Infection ... cardiomyopathy #differential ... #diagnosis #cardiology ... #causes
Pulmonary Infections in HIV-AIDS
Bacterial: 
 • No organism identified, Strep pneumoniae, H. influenzae, S.aureus, Streptococcus Grp
in HIV-AIDS Bacterial ... CD4 < 200: CMV, HSV ... #HIVAIDS #workup ... #diagnosis #evaluation ... #differential #
Important causes of diarrhea in people with HIV/AIDS
Severity, chronicity/persistence will depend On CD4 count & sites
in people with HIV ... count & sites of infection ... #Diarrhea #HIVAIDS ... #Differential # ... Diagnosis #Causes
Causes of Bone/Joint Pain in Sickle Cell Disease
Vaso-occlusive pain:
 • Mechanism: ischemic pain
 • Can present
Causes of Bone/Joint ... predispose to other orthopedic ... common sites: hip ... • Differentiate ... #diagnosis #causes
Bone Deformity / Limp - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 
Infection
 • Septic Arthritis
 • Cortical Hypertrophy
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Diagnosis Algorithm ... Infection • ... Osteomalacia • Rickets Hip ... JointHip Dysplasia ... #Orthopedics #Causes