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Tick Borne Illnesses
 • Lyme (Borrelia)
 • Babesiosis (Babesia)
 • Human Monocytic Ehrlichiosis (Ehrlichia)
 • Human
Illnesses • Lyme (Borrelia ... Mountain Spotted Fever ... Borne #Illnesses #differential ... #diagnosis #comparison ... #table #infectiousdiseases
Borrelia recurrentis on Peripheral Blood Smear
23M Somali refugee recently arrived w/severe abd pain, confusion and fever
BP stable, HR 115 ... LFT ↑ This is relapsing ... louse-borne relapsing ... the arthropod, releasing ... The table below
Fever Patterns - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Continuous Fever:
Temp > 38°C with only 1 degree fluctuation in 24
Differential Diagnosis ... Leptospira • Borrelia ... • Lymphoma • Borrelia ... relapsing fever ... #Patterns #Differential
Comparison of Fever Algorithms for Infants <3 months old

AGE, INCLUSION, TESTS 
REQUIRED, "LOW RISK" CRITERIA, TREATMENT,
Comparison of Fever ... Algorithms for ... low-risk criteria #EBM ... #Fever #Algorithm ... #Comparison #Table
Algorithm and Differential Diagnosis of Tremor #Diagnosis #IM #PrimaryCare #Neuro #Tremor #Action #Rest #Differential #Algorithm #Comparison
Algorithm and Differential ... #Action #Rest #Differential ... #Algorithm #Comparison ... #Table #Ddxof
Causes of Fever of Unknown Origin (FUO) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Neoplasm:
• NHL
• Hodgkin's lymphoma
• Leukemia
• Solid
Origin (FUO) - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Infection: • HIV • EBV ... #FUO #Chronic #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Adult-Onset Still's Disease
Clinical triad: Fever, Arthralgia/arthritis, Skin rash ± odynophagia
+ Biological inflammation: Increased neutrophils, Hyperferritinemia, decreased
Clinical triad: Fever ... fraction < 20% Differential ... Mycoplasma, yersinia, borrelia ... Coxsackie, CMV, EBV
Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathies - 
Dermatomyositis (DM), Immune-Mediated Necrotizing Myopathy (IMNM), Antisynthetase Syndrome (ASS), Inclusion Body Myositis
Body Myositis (IBM ... Idiopathic #Myopathy #Comparison ... #Managment #algorithm ... #Rheumatology #Differential
Rhombencephalitis
BACTERIAL
- Listeria (biphasic illness with bulbar dysfunction occurring later)
- Mycobacterium tuberculosis
- Pneumococcus
- Brucella
- Borrelia (Lyme Disease)
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- Brucella - Borrelia ... Viruses (HSV, EBV ... Erythematosus - Relapsing ... Rhombencephalitis #Differential
List of Zoonotic Diseases

Armadillos - Sporothrix schenckii (sporotrichosis), Mycobacterium leprae (leprosy)
Bamboo rats - Talaromyces marneffei (formerly
), Borrelia recurrentis ... (louse-borne relapsing ... burgdorferi, Borrelia ... Zoonotic #zoonoses #differential ... InfectiousDiseases #table