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Adult-Onset Still's Disease (AOSD)
Rare inflammatory disorder of unknown etiology, difficult to diagnose because of heterogenous presentation.
Adult-Onset Still's ... salmon-colored maculopapular ... BrighamChiefs #AdultOnset ... #Stills #Disease ... #management #treatment
Adult-Onset Still's Disease
Clinical triad: Fever, Arthralgia/arthritis, Skin rash ± odynophagia
+ Biological inflammation: Increased neutrophils, Hyperferritinemia, decreased
Adult-Onset Still's ... Differential Diaqnoses ... Prunelle Getten #AdultOnset ... #Stills #Disease ... #diagnosis #management
Adult Onset Still's Disease - Yamaguchi Criteria
Major criteria:
 - Fever >= 39C lasting >= 1 weeks
Adult Onset Still's ... Typical skin rash: maculopapular ... polyarteritis nodosa #AdultOnset ... #Stills #Disease ... Yamaguchi #Criteria #Diagnosis
Campylobacter
Clinical 
 • Fever 
 • Abdominal pain 
 • Diarrhea (bloody stools) 
 • Vomiting
Diarrhea (bloody stools ... Guillain-Barré syndrome Management ... self-limited) • Antibiotics ... Campylobacter #Diagnosis ... #Management #Overview
Algorithm for the Evaluation of Acute Diarrhea (< 7 days)
Are the following present?
   1.
diarrhea, > 6 stools ... hospitalization or antibiotics ... Consider empiric antibiotic ... Acute #Diarrhea #management ... algorithm #workup #diagnosis
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
and Management ... 38 degrees • Chills ... Lung Abscess Management ... : • Antibiotics ... differential #causes #management
Adult Onset Still's Disease
Systemic inflammation with urticarial rash.
Rash: 
 • Nonpruritic, evanescent (correlates with time of
Adult Onset Still's ... • Leukocytosis Diagnosis ... nonpruritic macular or maculopapular ... #Adult #onset #Stills ... #rheumatology #management
Oroya Fever
Hematologic disease caused by Bartonella bacilliformis
Restricted to the Andes highlands of Peru & Ecuador
B. bacilliformis:
fever, malaise, chills ... Nodular → Mular DIAGNOSIS ... Supportive and antibiotics ... #Oroya #Fever #diagnosis ... #management #Bartonella
Emphysematous Cystitis
Epidemiology:
 • Usually middle-aged diabetic women
 • Other RF: neurogenic bladder, urinary tract outlet obstruction,
may have fever/chills ... is needed for diagnosis ... also important Management ... : • Empiric antibiotics ... #management
Endocarditis Summary

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV substance use
• IV catheter
• Recent
Generalized: • Chills ... Differential Diagnosis ... Endocarditis Diagnosis ... • IV Antibiotics ... #management #cardiology