Sunday, February 24, 2013

Signs indicating causes in confused febrile patients

from  Wijdicks, The practice of emergency and critical care neurology.

Rash-- ricketsiae, aspergillus, vasculitis

petechiae-- TTP, meningococcemia, endocarditis, drug eruption, leukemia

splenomegaly-- toxo, TB, sepsis, HIV, lymphoma

pulmonary infiltrates-- legionella, fungi, TB, mycoplasma, pneumonia, tick borne, Q fever

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