History Taking and Management of an Adult Patient Presenting with Fever

Areas to focus on: differential diagnosis includes infections (abscess, tuberculosis, granulomata, parasites, bacteria, rheumatic disease, fungi, and viruses), multisystem diseases (connective tissue disease, systemic lupus erythematosus, polyarteritis nodosa, sarcoidosis, cranial arteritis, polymyalgia rheumatic, rheumatoid arthritis, still’s disease, inflammatory bowel disease), tumors (lymphoma, solid tumors), and drug induced fever.