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Faget Sign - Pulse-Temperature Dissociation
Causes of Relative Bradycardia
 • Infectious Causes: Legionella, Psittacosis, Q fever, Typhoid
Psittacosis, Q fever ... , Typhoid fever, ... , Dengue fever, ... , Drug fever ... #bradycardia #differential
Causes of Relative Bradycardia - Note the propensity for intracellular organisms.
Infectious: 
Legionella, Psittacosis, Q fever, Typhoid
Psittacosis, Q fever ... , Typhoid fever, ... , Dengue fever, ... , Drug fever ... bradycardia #Causes #differential
Borrelia recurrentis Infection - Spirochetes were visible (arrows), a finding that suggested louseborne relapsing fever #Clinical
louseborne relapsing fever ... Recurrentis #Smear #Microscopy ... #NEJM
Faget's Sign & Liebermeister's Rule
Pulse-Temperature Dissociation
EVERY 1 F RISE IN TEMPERATURE -> HR INCREASES 8-10 BPM
INFECTIOUS
• Typhoid Fever ... Typhoid Fever (S ... Dengue Fever NOTE ... help hone your differential ... Dissociation #diagnosis #differential
Fever Patterns - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Continuous Fever:
Temp > 38°C with only 1 degree fluctuation in 24
Fever Patterns - ... Differential Diagnosis ... : • Dengue fever ... ) • Dengue • ... #Patterns #Differential
Fever in the Returning Traveler - History
Exposure History:
 • Street foods / Local water: entenc fever,
Fever in the Returning ... bites: malaria, dengue ... travellers' diarrhea, dengue ... biphasic): malaria, dengue ... History #diagnosis #differential
Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers:
Arenaviridae 
Bunyaviridae 
Filoviridae 
Flaviviridae 


#viral #hemorrhagic #fevers #viruses
#differential
#diagnosis
#infectiousdisease
#ebola
#marburg
#lassa
#dengue
#table
Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers ... #hemorrhagic #fevers ... #viruses #differential ... marburg #lassa #dengue
Fever in Returning Travelers from Tropical Regions - Frequent Differential Diagnoses
Medical History:
 • Skin exposure to
Regions - Frequent Differential ... abscess of liver, Dengue ... Maculopapular eruptions - Dengue ... ; Dengue virus, ... Returning #Traveler #differential
Macroglossia in Light-Chain Amyloidosis- Physical examination revealed macroglossia, with indentations from the teeth (Panel A)...A biopsy
biopsy of the tongue ... under polarized microscopy ... AL #lightchain #NEJM
Inflammatory Joint Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 
Monoarticular
 • Gout (Podagra, Tophi)
 • Pseudogout
 • Early
Inflammatory Joint Pain - Differential ... • Rheumatic Fever ... polyangiitis (GPA)/microscopic ... • Rheumatic Fever ... JointPain #MSK #Differential