Differentials
Bacterial sepsis
SIGNS / SYMPTOMS
INVESTIGATIONS
SIGNS / SYMPTOMS
No differentiating signs/symptoms between fungal and bacterial causes of sepsis.
INVESTIGATIONS
Blood or other sterile site culture positive for bacterial pathogen.
Drug-induced fever
SIGNS / SYMPTOMS
INVESTIGATIONS
SIGNS / SYMPTOMS
History of a causative drug use.
INVESTIGATIONS
Diagnosis is clinical and no specific tests are available. Discontinuation of the suspected drug should cause the fever to abate.
Pulmonary embolism
SIGNS / SYMPTOMS
INVESTIGATIONS
SIGNS / SYMPTOMS
Patients may present with pleuritic chest pain, dyspnoea, hypoxia, and hypotension.
INVESTIGATIONS
CT pulmonary angiogram shows a filling defect in the pulmonary arteries.
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