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Faget Sign - Pulse-Temperature Dissociation
Causes of Relative Bradycardia
 • Infectious Causes: Legionella, Psittacosis, Q fever, Typhoid
of Relative Bradycardia ... Babesiosis, Malaria, Leptospirosis ... #Dissociation #relative ... #bradycardia #differential ... #diagnosis #causes
Causes of Relative Bradycardia - Note the propensity for intracellular organisms.
Infectious: 
Legionella, Psittacosis, Q fever, Typhoid
Causes of Relative ... Babesiosis, Malaria, Leptospirosis ... #relative #bradycardia ... #Causes #differential ... #diagnosis #infectiousdiseases
Blood culture contaminants
Grouped by gram negative vs gram positive vs other as well as never/maybe/probably
Some additional
Grouped by gram negative ... other as well as never ... #Infections #Microbiology ... #Micro #Differential ... #Ddx #Diagnosis
Fever Patterns - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Continuous Fever:
Temp > 38°C with only 1 degree fluctuation in 24
Differential Diagnosis ... Non-Infectious Causes ... • Leptospirosis ... Associated with Relative ... #Patterns #Differential
Inflammatory Joint Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 
Monoarticular
 • Gout (Podagra, Tophi)
 • Pseudogout
 • Early
Diagnosis Algorithm ... • Rheumatic Fever ... Inflammatory #JointPain #MSK ... #Differential # ... #Orthopedics #Causes
Causes of Knee Effusions - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Knee Effusion Red Flags:
1. Fever/Chills/Joint pain/Night sweats/Weight loss
	- DDX:
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Causes of Knee Effusions ... - Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... Fever/Chills/Joint ... diagnosis #msk #
Approach to Joint Pain - Arthritis Differential Diagnosis Framework

Inflammatory Versus Noninflammatory Pain
 • Is it inflammatory
Pain - Arthritis Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... weeks) Can Be Caused ... • Rheumatic fever ... #Diagnosis #MSK
Endocarditis Summary

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV substance use
• IV catheter
• Recent
Hypercoagulable (APLAS) Microbiology ... • Coagulase-negative ... night sweats, fever ... Marantic (NTBE) Differential ... Persistent bacteremia/fevers
Guide to Interpretation of Positive Blood Cultures

I arrange the potential Gram stain results that one can
call from the micro ... 3 questions to ask ... reason to go to micro ... Interpretation #Laboratory #Microbiology ... #Diagnosis
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
bouts of HTN Diagnostic ... tested and if negative ... Mycoplasma - Leptospirosis ... Transverse Myelitis Treatment ... management #neurology #differential