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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 ... : High spiking fever ... Disease #AOSD #rheumatology ... #diagnosis #management ... #treatment
Adult-Onset Still's Disease
Clinical triad: Fever, Arthralgia/arthritis, Skin rash ± odynophagia
+ Biological inflammation: Increased neutrophils, Hyperferritinemia, decreased
Clinical triad: Fever ... , Arthralgia/arthritis ... Diaqnoses: • Infectious ... Disease #diagnosis #management ... #treatment #rheumatology
Septic Arthritis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Clinical Exam: hot, swollen, pain with passive AND active ROM
Diagnosis and Management ... active ROM +/- fever ... , chills, malaise ... diagnosis Treatment ... MH/CCF/CWRU EM
Kawasaki Disease (KD) - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Kawasaki Disease (KD) is the most common vasculitis of
Presentation: • Fever ... , Tachycardia, Arthritis ... Diagnostic Criteria - Fever ... KD #vasculitis #rheumatology ... #treatment
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investigations and treatments ... serious bacterial infections ... #Diagnosis #Management ... #Pediatrics #Peds ... StepByStep #Algorithm #LP
Adult Onset Still's Disease
Systemic inflammation with urticarial rash.
Rash: 
 • Nonpruritic, evanescent (correlates with time of
Adult Onset Still's ... Treatment - Mild ... : NSAIDS Treatment ... AOSD #diagnosis #rheumatology ... #management
Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis (HLH)
Pathophysiology: Triggering factor (infection,...)→Activation of CD8 T cells (IFN-y) → Excessive activation of macrophages
• Clinical: fever ... +, Adult-onset Still ... Lymphohistiocytosis #diagnosis #management ... #treatment #summary ... #rheumatology
Macrophage Activation Syndrome (MAS)
Classified among the secondary or acquired forms of haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (sHLH)

What?
A subset of
• Adult-onset Still ... SLE], AOSD) • Infection ... Treatment: • Corticosteroids ... Syndrome #Diagnosis #Management ... #Hematology #Rheumatology
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
respiratory symptoms • Fever ... pulmonary symptoms • Rheumatologic ... • Cough, fever ... Meningitis, septic arthritis ... Fungal #Diagnosis #Management
Capnocytophaga
Pathogen: Capnocytophaga
 • 9 species, C. canimorsus responsible for the majority of infections
 • Gram-negative rod,
the majority of infections ... • Cellulitis: Fever ... , Chills, General ... Endocarditis, Septic arthritis ... infectiousdiseases #diagnosis #management