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Fever in Returning Travelers from Tropical Regions - Frequent Differential Diagnoses
Medical History:
 • Skin exposure to
Regions - Frequent Differential ... , HIV infection, ... , acute HIV infection ... Cough, dyspnea - Pneumonia ... , Lassa fever, acute
Pulmonary symptoms in HIV-infected patient by CD4 count

By Dr. Sara Dong @swinndong via #IDFellowCase
#ID  #Infectious
#IDFellowCase #ID ... #Infectious Diseases ... #Infections #Differential ... Ddx #Diagnosis #Microbiology ... #HIV #AIDS #pneumonia
Fever Patterns - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Continuous Fever:
Temp > 38°C with only 1 degree fluctuation in 24
and bacterial infections ... hours • Viral infections ... • Rickettsiae infections ... Pyogenic/focal infection ... Non-Infectious
Cavitary Lung Disease - Differential Diagnosis and Workup Algorithm
Acute / Subacute:
 • Acute Infections: Lung abscess,
Subacute: • Acute ... Infections: Lung ... abscess, Necrotizing Pneumonia ... Emboli, Fungal Infection ... Infections: TB,
Causes of Acute Onset Fever - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Viral:
 • Rhinovirus
 • Influenza Virus
 • Parainfluenza
Onset Fever - Differential ... Organ Specific Infection ... Urinary Tract Infection ... • Pneumonia ... #Fever #Acute
Adjuvant therapies in critical care: steroids to treat infectious diseases
 - Severe Community Acquired Pneumonia
steroids to treat infectious ... - Typhoid fever ... ventilation, ARDS acute ... , id Once daily ... InfectiousDiseases #Infections
Non-Resolving Pneumonias: Etiologies
Unusual Infections:
 - Immunocompromised patients (e.g.: Mycobacterium, Aspergillosis, Nocardia)
 - Endemic Fungi (e.g.: Histoplasmosis,
Etiologies Unusual Infections ... psittaci/avian, leptospirosis ... yersinia/rats, Q fever ... Eosinophilic PNA (acute ... or chronic)
Q Fever (Coxiella Burnetii) - Acute vs Chronic Diagnosis and Management

Acute:
 - Self-limited flu-like illness
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Q Fever (Coxiella ... Osteoarticular infection ... - Endovascular infection ... #acute #chronic ... #infection #microbiology
Blood culture contaminants
Grouped by gram negative vs gram positive vs other as well as never/maybe/probably
Some additional
other as well as never ... febrilepodcast] #ID ... #Infectious Diseases ... #Infections #Microbiology ... #Micro #Differential
Microbial Etiology of Acute Pharyngitis - IDSA
Bacterial
 • Group A streptococcus - Pharyngotonsillitis, scarlet fever
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Microbial Etiology of Acute ... croup • EBV - Infectious ... HIV Infection ... IDSA #diagnosis #differential ... causes #bacteria #microbiology