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Travel History - Clues to Infectious Disease Diagnosis in a Traveler 
 • Where did you
Clues to Infectious ... → Leptospirosis ... Rabies, cat scratch fever ... Herpesvirus B infection ... InfectiousDiseases #Infections
Fever Patterns - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Continuous Fever:
Temp > 38°C with only 1 degree fluctuation in 24
Juvenile idiopathic arthritis ... Causes: • Still's ... • Rheumatoid arthritis ... • Leptospirosis ... • Malaria • Leptospirosis
Approach to Joint Pain - Arthritis Differential Diagnosis Framework

Inflammatory Versus Noninflammatory Pain
 • Is it inflammatory
with activity • Painful ... weeks) Can Be Caused ... - Autoimmune Rheumatologic ... • Rheumatic fever ... Diagnosis #MSK #rheumatology
Differential Diagnosis for Vision Loss
Unilateral, Painful Vision Loss:
 • Corneal abrasion, Acute angle-closure glaucoma, Inflammation-iritis, uveitis,
Loss Unilateral, Painful ... thrombosis, Temporal arteritis ... Retro-orbital hematoma, Infection-including ... differential #diagnosis #causes ... #ophthalmology
Fever After International Travel

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

Viral Syndromes:
Arboviral infections, a
Travel Infectious ... , a common cause ... : • Leptospirosis ... African tick typhus (caused ... Life-Threatening Causes
Causes of Pericardial Effusion - Differential Diagnosis
Infectious:
 • Viral: Enterovirus, Herpesvirus, Adenovirus, Parvovirus
 • Bacterial: Mycobacterium
Causes of Pericardial ... , Candida Non-Infectious ... : • Rheumatologic ... SLE, Rheumatoid Arthritis ... Mediterranean Fever
Kawasaki Disease (KD) - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Kawasaki Disease (KD) is the most common vasculitis of
Presentation: • Fever ... , Tachycardia, Arthritis ... , Cough • +/-Nausea ... cæxist with other infections ... KD #vasculitis #rheumatology
Approach to Joint Pain - Diagnostic Framework

1) Chronicity
2) Inflammatory vs Non-Inflammatory
3) Number of Joints Involved

1) Chronicity:
acute rheumatic fever ... Lyme), reactive arthritis ... Like in this case ... SLE, psoriatic arthritis ... Joint #Pain #MSK #rheumatology
Sweet Syndrome

Acute febrile neutrophilic dermatosis (Sweets Syndrome) is a skin condition characterized by fever and inflamed
of the joints (arthritis ... onset of tender or painful ... Causes: - Idiopathic ... Upper respiratory infection ... gastrointestinal infection
Dermatologic Manifestations of Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis (GPA)

Skin involvement in granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA) is common and
GPA causes disease ... purpura (16%) • Painful ... • Giant cell arteritis ... Infections include ... rash #diagnosis #rheumatology