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What are some causes of hyperthermia?
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Vigorous exercise
Heat Stroke Reaction to anesthetics(malignant hyperthermia) Phenothiazides (Neuroleptic) |
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What causes Q fever? What is the treatment?
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Coxiella burnetii
Treat with Tetracycline |
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Heatstroke is characterized by a body temp of?
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40.6° C (105° F)
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How do you treat heatstroke?
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Rapid cooling with wet compresses until temp is 39° C, then IVF
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Hectic fevers, which are characterized by wide swings in temperature, may indicate?
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abscess
disseminated TB collagen vascular diseases |
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Relapsing fever with episodes of shaking chills and high fever, which are separated by 1 to 3 days of normal body temperature and relative well-being suggest?
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Malaria (plasmodium)
Demonstration of parasites in blood smears establishes the diagnosis of malaria. |
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How do elderly patients with infection often present?
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They often fail to mount a febrile response and may present instead with loss of appetite, confusion, or even hypotension without fever
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A painful mouth infection caused by coxsackie viruses
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Herpangina
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Name 3 granulomatous infections that cause fever
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TB
Histoplasmosis Malaria |
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Name post-animal exposure causes of fever
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Coxiella Burnetti- cattle
Leptospira- water contaminated by urine from cats, dogs, rodents Brucella- cattle, dairy products Ehrlichia- deer or dog tick |
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What agent causes enteric fever?
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Salmonella typhi (food or water contaminated with fecal material)
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How do you treat typhoid fever?
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3rd gen ceph or
fluoroquinolones |
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What is the treatment of Brucellosis?
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Doxycycline and Rifampin
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Most likely cause of a patient with fever and purpura fulminans
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Meningococcemia
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What agent causes Toxic shock syndrome?
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Staphylococcus aureus strains producing toxic shock syndrome toxin (TSST-1)
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What is the clinical presentation of Toxic shock syndrome?
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Abrupt onset of high fever
Hypotension N/V Severe watery diarrhea Confusion |
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What 3 three rickettsial diseases are endemic in the US?
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RMSF
Q fever Murine typhus |
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What disease is passed from dogs to ticks to humans and occurs mostly in the southeastern US?
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RMSF
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A febrile illness, usually assoc. with headache, stiff neck, myalgias, arthralgias, and erythema chronicum migrans (ECM).
Bell's palsy may also occur. |
Lyme disease
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What is the treatment of Lyme disease?
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Doxycycline
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Cause of Hand, foot, and mouth disease
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Coxsackie virus
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This virus infects B cells, producing lymphocytosis and atypical T cells known as Downey bodies. Heterophile antibodies appear in patient's blood.
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EBV (Mono)
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Pleomorphic gram-negative bacilli (Bartonella henselae) can be identified in the lymph node biopsy of this disease
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Cat-scratch disease
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Infection acquired by contact with rabbits
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Tularemia
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Very painful genital ulcers with mostly unilateral, tender inguinal lymphadenopathy
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Chancroid
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How do you define FUO: Fever of undetermined origin?
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Temp > 38.3° C (101° F) at least 3 weeks in duration and remains undiagnosed after 3 days in the hospital or after three outpatient visits.
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Millet seed densities in the lateral chest X-ray views is highly suggestive of?
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Disseminated tuberculosis
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What is the most common primary tumor of the heart?
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Myxoma
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What is another name for Juvenile rheumatoid arthritis
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Still's disease
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What is Löfgren syndrome?
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A subtype of acute sarcoidosis:
Hilar adenopathy Erythema nodosum Arthralgia |
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What are the MCC of HIV-Assoc. FUO?
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Mycobacterium avium complex
CMV Drug reactions bacterial line infections |
