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Fever in Returning Travelers from Tropical Regions - Frequent Differential Diagnoses
Medical History:
 • Skin exposure to
Regions - Frequent Differential ... Diagnoses Medical ... localizing signs ... or symptoms - Malaria ... #differential #
Faget Sign - Pulse-Temperature Dissociation
Causes of Relative Bradycardia
 • Infectious Causes: Legionella, Psittacosis, Q fever, Typhoid
Faget Sign - Pulse-Temperature ... Babesiosis, Malaria, Leptospirosis ... 30048576/ #Faget #Sign ... #bradycardia #differential ... #diagnosis #causes
Fever of Unknown Origin (FUO) - Further Workup

 • CNS symptoms? Get an LP and imaging
Fever of Unknown ... Workup • CNS symptoms ... thin smear • Signs ... values supporting hematologic ... UnknownOrigin #workup #diagnosis
Faget's Sign & Liebermeister's Rule
Pulse-Temperature Dissociation
EVERY 1 F RISE IN TEMPERATURE -> HR INCREASES 8-10 BPM
INFECTIOUS
Faget's Sign & Liebermeister's ... • Malaria • Leptospirosis ... #Fagets #Sign #Pulse ... #Dissociation #diagnosis ... #differential #
Travel History - Clues to Infectious Disease Diagnosis in a Traveler 
 • Where did you
Clues to Infectious ... → Leptospirosis ... Rabies, cat scratch fever ... InfectiousDiseases #Infections #differential ... #Diagnosis #Traveler
Causes of Fever of Unknown Origin (FUO) - Differential Diagnosis
 • Infection: Extrapulmonary tuberculosis, Abscess, Endocarditis,
Causes of Fever ... Lemierre's syndrome ... Malignancy: - Hematologic ... . autoimmune): Lupus ... #Diagnosis #causes
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus - Diagnosis
Manifestations:
 - Arthritis 69%
 - Malar rash 40%
 - Fever 36%
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Malar rash 40% - Fever ... Diagnosis and Lupus ... autoantibodies #signs ... #symptoms #mimickers ... rheumatology
BEE Syndromes - Immune-mediated conditions affecting the brain, eye, and ear

Visual or auditory symptoms in conjunction
conjunction with symptoms ... Inflammatory causes ... • Systemic lupus ... #inflammatory #differential ... #diagnosis
Fever Patterns - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Continuous Fever:
Temp > 38°C with only 1 degree fluctuation in 24
Differential Diagnosis ... Non-Infectious Causes ... • Leptospirosis ... Brucellosis Faget's Sign ... #Patterns #Differential
Biphasic Illness of Leptospirosis
Some patients do not progress to severe disease. Others, rapidly develop severe disease
brief interval symptom ... -14 days): • Fever ... rash • Others: nausea ... Biphasic #Phases #Diagnosis ... #Illness #Signs