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Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia - Summary

Cancer affecting lymphocytes/Mature B cell neoplasm
 • Lymphocytes accumulate in large numbers
Lymphocytic Leukemia - Summary ... Lymphadenopathy • Fevers ... weeks without infection ... cells can indicate disease ... microglobulin Treatment
Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis (HLH)
Pathophysiology: Triggering factor (infection,...)→Activation of CD8 T cells (IFN-y) → Excessive activation of macrophages
• Clinical: fever ... • Autoimmune diseases ... Adult-onset Still disease ... Unknown cause Treatment ... #summary #rheumatology
Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL) - Summary
Overview: 
 • Most common leukemia in adults
 • Disorder of
) - Summary Overview ... ) B symptoms → fevers ... Complications: 1) Infection ... chemotherapy for low-risk disease ... uw_IMresidency #CLL
Tularemia - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Francisella tularensis - Aerobic fastidious gram-negative Coccobacillus - Zoonotic Infection
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and Management Summary ... Coccobacillus - Zoonotic Infection ... Ulceroglandular: Fever ... : • Severe Disease ... infectiousdiseases #microbiology
Vibrio Vulnificus skin infection
Cirrhosis w/recent consumption of raw oysters w/rapidly evolving rash. 
Vibrio vulnificus part of
causes illness in summer ... All oysters at Chesapeake ... Rapid onset of fever ... chronic liver disease ... rash #cellulitis #dermatology
Chagas Disease (American trypanosomiasis) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Acute Chagas Disease (8-12 weeks):
 • Mild: Malaise,
and Management Summary ... Mild: Malaise, fever ... • Treatment: ... useful for chronic infection ... Diagnosis #Management #Microbiology
Secondary Syphilis Rash
Secondary syphilis is the most contagious of all the stages of this disease, and
contagious of all ... , but without treatment ... , the infection ... ) ▪ Malaise, fever ... Clinical #Photo #Dermatology
Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis (HLH)
Definition: Overwhelming clinical syndrome associated with excessive macrophage activation and cytokine storm due to
age, however the disease ... following: • Fever ... Low or absent NK cell ... : • Infection ... #hematology
Fever After International Travel

Infectious Disease:
• Endemic in either the destination or home region

Viral Syndromes:
Arboviral infections, a
Disease: • Endemic ... as Ebola virus disease ... : • Leptospirosis ... during the U.S. summer ... Zika virus or leptospira
Sweet Syndrome

Acute febrile neutrophilic dermatosis (Sweets Syndrome) is a skin condition characterized by fever and inflamed
with systemic disease ... general feeling of ill ... gastrointestinal infection ... Treatment: - Systemic ... Syndrome #diagnosis #dermatology