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Right Upper Quadrant Pain
Liver:
 - Infectious: Acute viral hepatitis, Liver abscess
 - Non-infectious: hepatitis (Alcohol, Medications),
Quadrant Pain Liver ... : Acute viral hepatitis ... , Liver abscess ... Subdiaphragmatic abscess ... differential #diagnosis #causes
Fever Patterns - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Continuous Fever:
Temp > 38°C with only 1 degree fluctuation in 24
pneumonia • Acute ... • Acute bacterial ... Causes: • Still's ... Brucellosis • Liver ... or lung abscess
Drug Induced Liver Injury (DILI) - Stepwise Diagnosis Algorithm
DILI suspicion
Features toxic aetiology: Skin involvement, Kidney injury,
Drug Induced Liver ... for alternative causes ... Alcohol-related liver ... dechallenge • Acute ... #DrugInduced #Liver
Acute Retroviral Syndrome
Acute Retroviral Syndrome is the symptomatic presentation of acute human immunodeficiency virus infection

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Hepatomegaly - Liver ... 14%), in which case ... • Viral RNA level ... subset counts ↓ • Liver ... antibody test) Treatment
Causes of Lactate Elevation, Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis

The most common causes of hyperlactatemia are usually:
glucose by the liver ... contribution of liver ... peritonitis - Acute ... mellitus/DKA - Liver ... gluconeogenesis Liver
Acute Dacryocystitis- A 4-week-old boy was brought to the emergency department after having drainage from both
dacryocystitis — infection ... orbital cellulitis, abscess ... agents, and the fever ... the first day of treatment ... NEJM #clinical #photo
Endocarditis - Overview and Differential Diagnosis Framework

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV
Infectious: • Pre-existing ... Culture Positive: • Acute ... night sweats, fever ... Septic emboli cause ... hematuria, + RF Treatment
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
presents with acute ... Mississippi and Ohio River ... Increased protein level ... normal glucose level ... Sinusitis • Brain abscess
Majocchi’s Granuloma due to Trichophyton rubrum 
This is GMS stain and culture of a skin biopsy
No fever. ... Treatment: Itraconazole ... tissues - mainly caused ... plaques, pustules, abscess ... rubrum #clinical #photo