Fever myth teaser Q : Does having a fever mean your infection is bacterial rather than viral? A : A fever usually means you have an infection but it doesn't tell you if it's bacterial or viral. [abc.net.au]

One patient had streptococcal endocarditis and prolonged fever. (18)F-FDG PET/CT identified pneumonia and osteomyelitis, and was also used to monitor therapeutic response. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Differentiating between the two requires medical intervention since both may cause fever and irritability. And the treatments vary significantly. [dukehealth.org]

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Methicillin (meticillin) resistant Staph. aureus Staphylococcal scalded skin syndrome Toxic shock syndrome Tropical pyomyositis Botryomycosis (pyoderma vegetans) Streptococcus pyogenes Cellulitis Erysipelas Impetigo Necrotising fasciitis Infectious gangrene [dermnetnz.org]

Filarioidea superfamily Filariasis Clostridium perfringens Food poisoning by Clostridium perfringens multiple Free-living amebic infection Fusobacterium species Fusobacterium infection usually Clostridium perfringens ; other Clostridium species Gas gangrene [en.wikipedia.org]

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This can lead to life-threatening neurological diseases, such as encephalitis, as well as dermatologic disease, hemolytic anemia, and arrhythmias, among others. [medicalnewstoday.com]

Some bacterial infections can cause your kidneys to fail, bleeding in your intestinal tract, and anemia. Some severe infections left untreated can cause brain damage and death. [healthline.com]

These can include: difficulty breathing rapid, shallow breathing wheezing chest pain that feels worse when a person breathes or coughs raised heart rate sweating and shivering a loss of appetites malaise, or a general feeling of being unwell A person [medicalnewstoday.com]

He developed respiratory failure and hypotension that required ventilation and recurrent emergency treatment. He became increasingly delirious. When he lapsed into a coma in mid-January, he was essentially being kept alive on life support. [health.ucsd.edu]