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Causes of Fever by System #Diagnosis #EM #IM #Fever #Differential #Ddxof
Causes of Fever ... System #Diagnosis #EM ... #IM #Fever #Differential ... #Ddxof
Causes of Fever of Unknown Origin (FUO) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Neoplasm:
• NHL
• Hodgkin's lymphoma
• Leukemia
• Solid
Causes of Fever ... Other: • Drug fever ... • Factitious fever ... Infection: • HIV ... • EBV • CMV
Microbial Etiology of Acute Pharyngitis - IDSA
Bacterial
 • Group A streptococcus - Pharyngotonsillitis, scarlet fever
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Pharyngotonsillitis, scarlet fever ... Pharyngoconjunctival fever ... Cold, croup • EBV ... IDSA #diagnosis #differential ... #causes #bacteria
Serious Bacterial Illness (SBI):
1) UTI and pyelonephritis
Most common cause of SBI
Accounts for 3-8% of uncharacterized fevers
Female
Serious Bacterial ... pyelonephritis Most common cause ... Diagnosis #Peds #EM ... Classification #Fever ... SeriousBacterialIllness #Ddxof
CNS Infections - Viral Encephalitis and Bacterial Meningitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Viral Encephalitis:
MCC: Enteroviruses (e.g., coxsackievirus
Meningitis - Differential ... : HSV 1): • Herpes ... virus • CMV • EBV ... • Headache • Fever ... meningeal signs (fever
CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
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/ AIDS - Differential ... • Symptoms: Fever ... • Symptoms: Fever ... Demyelinating disease caused ... effect/Edema • EBV
Autoimmune Myositis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Inflammatory Myopathies: Commonly symmetric proximal muscle weakness, no substantial muscle pain
Autoimmune Myositis - Differential ... Overlap Syndrome: Fever ... • ANA < 20 % IBM ... ANTI-SYNTHETASE SYNDROME: • Fever ... statins - probably caused