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Acute Fever in-from the Tropics - Clinical Examination

#Tropics #Traveler #Fever #Differential #Signs #Diagnosis #InfectiousDiseases
Acute Fever in-from ... Tropics #Traveler #Fever ... #Differential # ... Signs #Diagnosis ... #InfectiousDiseases
Ever had a #traveler come in to your clinic with #fever and you were not sure
your clinic with #fever ... There are 2-3 things ... diagnosis #medicine ... #infectiousdisease ... #fever #traveler
Faget's Sign & Liebermeister's Rule
Pulse-Temperature Dissociation
EVERY 1 F RISE IN TEMPERATURE -> HR INCREASES 8-10 BPM
INFECTIOUS
Faget's Sign & Liebermeister's ... There are specific ... #Fagets #Sign #Pulse ... #Dissociation #diagnosis ... #differential #
Giant Cell (Temporal) Arteritis: Pathogenesis and investigations
Risk Factors:
 - Unclear environmental triggers (may be viral, not
expression - Age ... yrs old; F>M Signs ... /Symptoms: - Fever ... Temporal #Arteritis #Pathophysiology ... #Diagnosis #Signs
Erythematous Rashes - THE ALGORITHMIC APPROACH

Characterized by diffuse redness of the skin due to
capillary congestion, erythematous
the Nikolsky sign ... the Nikolsky sign ... , the differential ... or Nikolsky sign ... #Differential
Maculopapular - Diagnostic Algorithm
Pathophysiology:
- Catch-all term with a wide range of potential pathophysiologic mechanisms and causative
Maculopapular - Diagnostic ... Ill-appearing, vital sign ... instability - New-onset fever ... Immunocompromised #Diagnosis ... Targetoid #Algorithm #Differential
Acute Rheumatic Fever: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings

Delayed autoimmune reaction
-> Molecular mimicry
-> GAS antigen cross-reacts with host
->
Acute Rheumatic Fever ... auto-reactive B and CD ... inflammation • Fever ... RheumaticFever #pathophysiology ... #diagnosis #signs
Leishmaniasis Life Cycle
1) Sandfly takes a blood meal (injects promastigote stage into the skin)
Human Stages:
2) Promastigotes
Promastigotes are ... Leishmaniasis #LifeCycle #diagnosis ... #pathophysiology ... #infectiousdiseases ... #cdc #parasite
Emphysematous Cystitis
Epidemiology:
 • Usually middle-aged diabetic women
 • Other RF: neurogenic bladder, urinary tract outlet obstruction,
Usually middle-aged ... cystitis, may have fever ... be present or signs ... Pathophysiology: ... pyelonephritis CMC
Lung Infections in HIV - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Disease by CD4 Count:
Any CD4 Count:
 • Mycobacterium tuberculosis,
Infections in HIV - Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... • CT: Halo sign ... AIDS #pulmonary #differential ... #diagnosis #infectiousdiseases