Faget sign
In medicine, the Faget sign—sometimes called sphygmothermic dissociation—is the unusual pairing of fever with bradycardia. The Faget sign is named after Louisiana physician Jean Charles Faget, who studied yellow fever in Louisiana.
Faget sign is often seen in:
- Yellow fever
- Typhoid fever
- Brain abscess
- Tularaemia
- Brucellosis
- Colorado tick fever
- Some pneumonias - Legionella pneumonia and Mycoplasma pneumonia
- Drug fever