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Bacteremia - Signs of Bacteremia, Risk by Infection Type
CAP 7% 
Cellulitis 2% 
Community- onset fever (req.
Bacteremia - Signs ... Community- onset fever ... Pyelonephritis 19-25% Severe ... #Bacteremia #Signs
Fever Patterns - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Continuous Fever:
Temp > 38°C with only 1 degree fluctuation in 24
Fever Patterns - ... Continuous Fever ... (Step ladder: fever ... or no fever • ... Brucellosis Faget's Sign
What is the difference between Influenza (Flu) and COVID-19?
Both COVID-19 and flu can have varying degrees
varying degrees of signs ... asymptomatic) to severe ... Similarities: Fever ... cause mild to severe ... including common signs
Chagas Disease - Acute, Chronic and Reactivation 

Acute Chagas
 - 95% asymptomatic
 - Chagoma (Romana's sign),
Chagoma (Romana's sign ... ), nonspecific fever ... HIV, etc) - Severe ... Indeterminate - No signs
Biphasic Illness of Leptospirosis
Some patients do not progress to severe disease. Others, rapidly develop severe disease
not progress to severe ... rapidly develop severe ... -14 days): • Fever ... Diagnosis #Illness #Signs
Modified dengue severity classification, PAHO/WHO
Dengue without warning signs - DNWS:
 • Person who lives or has
without warning signs ... days and presents fever ... Dengue with warning signs ... the following signs ... organs #dengue #fever
Community Acquired Pneumonia - Presenting Features
 • History in favor of CAP: Dyspnea, Cough, particularly if
if productive, Fever ... Tachycardia, Hypoxemia, Fever ... Criteria for Severe ... CAP - Severe CAP ... Pneumonia #diagnosis #signs
Acute Otitis Media: Complications
Infection and inflammation of the middle ear
 - Prolonged obstruction of e. tube
ear becomes more severe ... Signs/Symptoms ... • High grade fever ... pathophysiology #symptoms #signs
Lyme Disease: Early and Late Clinical manifestations
Stage 1. Localized
 • EM appears 7-14 days at the
arthralgia, headache, fever ... Disseminated • Several ... • Months to several ... Disease #diagnosis #signs
NINDS Diagnostic Criteria for Guillain Barre Syndrome 
Features Required for Guillain-Barré Syndrome:
 • Progressive muscle weakness
sensory symptoms or signs ... dysfunction, Absence of fever ... bowel dysfunction, Severe ... nervous system signs