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Clinical Features of Systemic Lupus (SLE)
General: Fever (50%), Depression, Fatigue (75%), Weight loss (50%)
Eye: Sjögrens (15%)
Skin
: Fever (50%), Depression ... Photosensitivity, Butterfly rash ... effusion, Restrictive lung ... Demyelinating syndromes ... #signs #symptoms
Joint Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Monoarthritis
 • Septic
 • Crystalline
     - Gout
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... arthritis - (Reiter’s syndrome ... Erythematosus (SLE ... should have other symptoms ... like “butterfly rash
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus - Diagnosis
Manifestations:
 - Arthritis 69%
 - Malar rash 40%
 - Fever 36%
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Systemic Lupus Erythematosus ... 69% - Malar rash ... 40% - Fever 36% ... Myositis 4% - Lung ... autoantibodies #signs #symptoms
SLE (Systemic Lupus Erythematosus)

Suspect:
Clinical evidence of (fatigue, rash, photosensitivity, inflammatory arthritis, weight loss, and fever) and
SLE (Systemic Lupus ... weight loss, and fever ... Induced Lupus: • Symptoms ... to: Arthritis, Fever ... #Systemic #Lupus
Lung Infections in HIV - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Disease by CD4 Count:
Any CD4 Count:
 • Mycobacterium tuberculosis,
Pneumonia: • 3 syndromes ... of a "flu-like syndrome ... Constitutional symptoms ... , rales, interstitial ... differential #diagnosis #infectiousdiseases
Sarcoidosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology
1) High incidence in Scandinavian countries (11-24 cases per 100,000 individuals
granulomas within the lungs ... the lymphatic system ... General: fever, ... 5-10%, nervous system ... : ACUTE, fever,
Differentiating NBTE from Infective Endocarditis
No pathognomonic signs/symptoms or echo features that are specific to NBTE, and
pathognomonic signs/symptoms ... conditions: Autoimmune (SLE ... -, Systemic embolism ... in up to 30% of cases ... #Endocarditis #comparison
Macrophage Activation Syndrome (MAS)
Classified among the secondary or acquired forms of haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (sHLH)

What?
A subset of
disease • Periodic fever ... - Nonremitting fever ... Petechial or purpuric rash ... ) • Heart, lung ... erythematosus [SLE
Acute Retroviral Syndrome
Acute Retroviral Syndrome is the symptomatic presentation of acute human immunodeficiency virus infection

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Acute Retroviral Syndrome ... (45%) • Fever ... (28%) • Skin rash ... Central nervous system ... • New onset SLE
Vasculitis and Vasculitides - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
 • Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
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Coronary arteries - Fever ... mucositis - Rash ... Symptoms (Sx) in ... Vasculitis: • Fevers ... vasculitis, and SLE