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Borrelia recurrentis on Peripheral Blood Smear
23M Somali refugee recently arrived w/severe abd pain, confusion and fever
caused by Borrelia ... epidemiology separate tick-borne ... TBRF is caused by ... and Ornithodoros ticks ... P. h. humanus sticks
Fever Patterns - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Continuous Fever:
Temp > 38°C with only 1 degree fluctuation in 24
Fever Patterns - ... Continuous Fever ... (Step ladder: fever ... Non-Infectious Causes ... several days • Tick-borne
Inflammatory Joint Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 
Monoarticular
 • Gout (Podagra, Tophi)
 • Pseudogout
 • Early
• Rheumatic Fever ... Lyme Disease (Tick ... • Rheumatic Fever ... #Orthopedics #Causes
Doxycycline - Coverage and Indications
 • Staphylococci (S aureus + CoNS)
 • The tick stuff: Borrelia
+ CoNS) • The tick ... • "Atypical" causes ... Bartonella, Q fever
Fever After International Travel

Infectious Disease:
• Endemic in either the destination or home region

Viral Syndromes:
Arboviral infections, a
infections, a common cause ... Including African tick ... typhus (caused ... - Another cause ... Life-Threatening Causes
Causes of Fever: IMADE Mnemonic
INFECTION
 • Infection 1.0 - Common & Localizing: Base Rate
 • Infection
Causes of Fever: ... The Base Rate: Tick-Borne ... carcinomas present with fever ... with DVT/PE + fever ... IMADE #Mnemonic #Causes
Guillain–Barré syndrome (GBS)
(aka: Landry–Guillain–Barré–Strohl syndrome:
	Most common cause of acute flaccid paralysis
	Rapidly progressive ascending paralysis & areflexia
	Autonomic
 Most common cause ...  Tick paralysis ... virus: Headache, fever
Algorithmic Guide to Tick-Borne Illnesses in the United States - By Major Symptoms (Fever, Rash, Lymphadenopathy)
Algorithmic Guide to Tick-Borne ... Major Symptoms (Fever ... Geography #Region #Ticks ... #Fever Rash
Faget Sign - Pulse-Temperature Dissociation
Causes of Relative Bradycardia
 • Infectious Causes: Legionella, Psittacosis, Q fever, Typhoid
Dissociation Causes ... • Infectious Causes ... , Typhoid fever, ... Non-Infectious Causes ... differential #diagnosis #causes
Tick removed using fine suture looped in a half-hitch around the tick between the skin and
Tick removed using ... half-hitch around the tick ... between the skin and tick's ... procedures #pathology #tick ... #tickremoval #ticks