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==Etiology== | ==Etiology== | ||
Common causes include: | Common causes include: | ||
*Brucellosis | *[[Brucellosis]] | ||
*Chlamydia | *[[Chlamydia]] | ||
*Colorado tick fever virus | *Colorado tick fever virus | ||
*Coxiella burnetii | *[[Coxiella burnetii]] | ||
*Dengue | *[[Dengue fever]] | ||
*Drug fever | *Drug fever | ||
*Legionella | *[[Legionella]] | ||
*Leptospirosis | *[[Leptospirosis]] | ||
*Leishmaniasis | *[[Leishmaniasis]] | ||
*Mycoplasma | *[[Mycoplasma]] | ||
*Psittacosis | *[[Psittacosis]] | ||
*Tularemia | *[[Tularemia]] | ||
*Typhoid fever | *[[Typhoid fever]] | ||
*Yellow Fever | *[[Yellow Fever]] | ||
==See Also== | ==See Also== | ||
Revision as of 22:55, 10 September 2016
Background
A pulse-temperature dissociation (aka sphygmothermic dissociation) named after Louisiana physician Jean Charles Faget.
- Typically for every 1 degree of fever the pulse increases by 10 beats/min. When fever is associated with bradycardia, it is referred to as Faget's sign.
Etiology
Common causes include:
- Brucellosis
- Chlamydia
- Colorado tick fever virus
- Coxiella burnetii
- Dengue fever
- Drug fever
- Legionella
- Leptospirosis
- Leishmaniasis
- Mycoplasma
- Psittacosis
- Tularemia
- Typhoid fever
- Yellow Fever