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Fever Patterns - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Continuous Fever:
Temp > 38°C with only 1 degree fluctuation in 24
• Rickettsial diseases ... Intermittent tertian: P. vivax ... • Crohn disease ... • Behcet disease ... Non-Infectious Causes
Fever vs Hyperthermia
Fever:
 • Regulated in the hypothalamic thermoregulatory center
 • "Set point" raised by prostaglandin
Fever vs Hyperthermia ... Fever: • Regulated ... production • Treatment ... rapidly fatal • Causes ... #Hyperthermia #comparison
Multi-System Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C) vs. Kawasaki Disease
CDC Case Definition for MIS-C;
 • < 21
Kawasaki Disease ... CDC Case Definition ... years old with fever ... other reasons for disease ... MISC #Kawasaki #Comparison
Cold Urticaria
Prevalence - 0.05% in the population
Disease onset - Mostly 2nd to 4th decades of life
Causes
the population Disease ... decades of life Causes ... symptoms - Headache, fever ... , fatigue, Nausea ... #rheumatology #comparison
Causes of Proteinuria - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Persistent Proteinuria >150mg/d protein present on repeat testing including overnight
Causes of Proteinuria ... • Exercise • Fever ... Minimal change disease ... #Proteinuria #Nephrology ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes
BEE Syndromes - Immune-mediated conditions affecting the brain, eye, and ear

Visual or auditory symptoms in conjunction
and less common diseases ... diagnosis and treatment ... Inflammatory causes ... polychondritis • Behcet disease ... BEE #Syndromes #neurology
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
• Most common cause ... : • 80% have fever ... Intervention: - Fevers ... hemorrhage • Treatment ... #differential #causes
Borrelia recurrentis on Peripheral Blood Smear
23M Somali refugee recently arrived w/severe abd pain, confusion and fever
caused by Borrelia ... the body louse, causes ... Treatment is tetracycline ... initiation of treatment ... Infectious Diseases
Erythemas Summarized
Erythema ab igne
 • A dermatosis that results from repeated exposure to heat (fires, heating
or Haverhill fever ... early localized disease ... called "Bazin's disease ... so-called fifth disease ... PrathitKulkarni #Erythemas #comparison
Tularemia - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Francisella tularensis - Aerobic fastidious gram-negative Coccobacillus - Zoonotic Infection
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Ulceroglandular: Fever ... conditions Diagnosis: Serology ... Culture & GS, PCR Treatment ... : • Severe Disease ... diagnosis #management #treatment