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:
Of note, the Faget sign in bacterial infections is consistently associated with bacteria that have an intracellular life cycle.