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Fever Patterns - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Continuous Fever:
Temp > 38°C with only 1 degree fluctuation in 24
Differential Diagnosis ... pneumonia • Acute ... Non-Infectious Causes ... Leptospirosis Pel-Ebstein ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Signs and Symptoms Associated With Different Headache Etiologies
 • Nonfocal mental status changes - Meningitis, encephalitis,
Anoxia, anemia, febrile ... • Fever - Febrile ... aneurysm, bleed, abscess ... signs #symptoms #clues ... #differential #diagnosis
Borrelia recurrentis on Peripheral Blood Smear
23M Somali refugee recently arrived w/severe abd pain, confusion and fever
myalgias/arthralgias, headache ... LBRF can be diagnosed ... increases during febrile ... periods when spirochete ... antibodies or PCR