ID Flashcards
1
Q
When would you commonly get a fever at night?
A
Malaria
2
Q
What are key features in the history of a patient with persistent fever?
A
PMH: pattern of fever, weight loss, lymphadenopathy
TB contacts
SH: Sexual history, travel history, IVDU, smoker
3
Q
Investigations in persistent fever?
A
FBC, UEs, LFTs, CRP, ESR, immunoglobulins, autoantibodies, completment
Viral serology
Thick and thin film for malaria (repeated)
CK in malignant hyperthermia
HIV
Blood cultures, sputum cultures, urine cultures and consider CSF cultures
CXR
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