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Faget's Sign & Liebermeister's Rule
Pulse-Temperature Dissociation
EVERY 1 F RISE IN TEMPERATURE -> HR INCREASES 8-10 BPM
INFECTIOUS
BPM INFECTIOUS CAUSES ... • Malaria • Leptospirosis ... OTHER CAUSES ... CLINICAL UTILITY ... #differential #causes
Leptospirosis
Pathogen: Leptospira (interrogans, kirschneri, noguchii)
Risk Factors:
 • Occupational exposure - Farmers, ranchers, trappers, veterinarians
 • Recreational
Leptospirosis Pathogen ... non-productive cough, nausea ... Epidemiologic exposure + clinical ... #Leptospira #microbiology ... #diagnosis #treatment
Lung Abscess
Microbiology:
 • Polymicrobial 
 • Anaerobes (most common) 
Clinical: 
 • Indolent symptoms that evolve
Lung Abscess Microbiology ... most common) Clinical ... to rnonths • Fever ... , hemoptysis Treatment ... Diagnosis #Pulmonary #Clinical
Hantavirus
Pathogen: Hantavirus - Rodents are the primary reservoir
Transmission:
 • Shed in the urine, feces, saliva of
barns and lake houses ... • Prodrome: fever ... • Autopsy PCR Treatment ... diagnosis #management #treatment ... #microbiology #
Doxycycline - Coverage and Indications
 • Staphylococci (S aureus + CoNS)
 • The tick stuff: Borrelia
• "Atypical" causes ... Bartonella, Q fever ... #Indications #pharmacology ... #microbiology
Borrelia recurrentis on Peripheral Blood Smear
23M Somali refugee recently arrived w/severe abd pain, confusion and fever
TBRF is caused by ... the body louse, causes ... Treatment is tetracycline ... initiation of treatment ... microscopy #pathology #clinical
Kerion
Raised, boggy lesion with heaped up purulent nodules 
Caused by host's response to a fungal ringworm
purulent nodules Caused ... mentagrophytes) Clinical ... Hair loss • Fever ... Lymphadenopathy Treatment
Pneumocystis jirovecii Pneumonia 
Clinical 
 • Caused by Pneumocystis jirovecii (formerly carinil) 
 • Immunocompromised host
jirovecii Pneumonia Clinical ... • Caused by ... 2—3 weeks • Fever ... often elevated Treatment
Drugs Used for the Treatment of COVID-19 Infection

** Editor Note (from ophthalmology MD input) - Hydroxychloroquine/chloroquine
Drugs Used for the Treatment ... HCQ treatment would ... highlighted circle= clinical ... trial Ever Arias ... #COVID19 #Pharmacology
Adjuvant therapies in critical care: steroids to treat infectious diseases
 - Severe Community Acquired Pneumonia
Adjuvant therapies in critical ... Pneumonia - Typhoid fever ... InfectiousDiseases #Infections #Pharmacology ... #Management #Treatment