Infectious Diseases in Critical Care Medicine

System PE ID findings Noninfectious mimics Diagnostic features Charcot joint 1. Syphilis Leprosy l Diabetes l Alcoholism l Tra ...

System PE ID findings Noninfectious mimics Diagnostic features Scrotal swelling/ tenderness Epididymo-orchitis Pyocele l Testi ...

System PE ID findings Noninfectious mimics Diagnostic features Septic cavernous sinus thrombosis— III, IV, V, and VI Cryptococc ...

System PE ID findings Noninfectious mimics Diagnostic features Peripheral neuropathy (stocking sensory deficit with or without w ...

System PE ID findings Noninfectious mimics Diagnostic features Cerebellar ataxia 1. Lyme disease Brain abscess Toxoplasma encep ...

BIBLIOGRAPHY Braunwald E, Zipes DP, Libby P, et al. Braunwald’s Heart Disease: A Textbook of Cardiovascular Medicine. Single Vol ...

4 Ophthalmologic Clues to Infectious Diseases and Their Mimics in Critical Care Cheston B. Cunha Department of Medicine, Brown U ...

INFECTIOUS DISEASES Disease External eye findings Fundoscopic findings M. tuberculosis (TB) l Chronic conjunctivitis (often unil ...

Disease External eye findings Fundoscopic findings Leptospirosis (Weil’s syndrome) l Conjunctival suffusion (often dramatic hemo ...

Disease External eye findings Fundoscopic findings Bacterial endocarditis l Conjunctival hemorrhage l Subconjunctival hemorrhage ...

Disease External eye findings Fundoscopic findings Toxoplasmosis l Nystagmus SL: l Granulomatous iridocyclitis l “Headlight in t ...

Disease External eye findings Fundoscopic findings Invasive fungal infection (disseminated histoplasmosis and candidiasis) l Con ...

Disease External eye findings Fundoscopic findings Tertiary syphilis l Argyll Robertson pupil l Conjunctival gumma SL: l Interst ...

Disease External eye findings Fundoscopic findings Systemic lupus erythematosis (SLE) l Eyelid nodules l Conjunctivitis l Scleri ...

Disease External eye findings Fundoscopic findings Cholesterol emboli syndrome l Amaurosis fugax SL: l None l Hollenhorst plaque ...

Disease External eye findings Fundoscopic findings Acute pancreatitis l Xanthalasma (seen in hypertriglyceridemia-related pancre ...

5 Radiology of Infectious Diseases and Their Mimics in Critical Care Jocelyn A. Luongo, Orlando A. Ortiz, and Douglas S. Katz De ...

collecting system as the kidney is nonfunctioning. As in conventional pyelonephritis, there is inflammatory change of the perine ...

that is either hyperechoic or hypoechoic, with low-level internal echoes and disruption of the corticomedullary junction. The “c ...

for infection by opportunistic agents. Secondary psoas abscess is more common and may result from spread of infection from adjac ...