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Fever in Returning Traveler - ABCDE Mnemonic
A - Adventure - Where did the patient travel? 
B
Fever in Returning ... Traveler - ABCDE ... Undifferentiated fever ... Contacts Infectious Diseases ... @ID_fellows #Fever
Mosquito Borne Diseases
 - Dengue
 - Yellow Fever
 - Zika
 - Chikungunya
 - Malaria

- VA Joint
Mosquito Borne Diseases ... Dengue - Yellow Fever ... Mosquito #Borne #Diseases ... #comparison #table
Sensitivity is the proportion of truly diseased persons in the screened population who are identified as
proportion of truly diseased ... identified as diseased ... implies being able ... it has a narrow focus ... #Calculation #Table
Approach to Eosinophilic Lung Diseases
 • Acute Eosinophilic Pneumonia (< 1 wk) - ~30yo, M; Recent
Eosinophilic Lung Diseases ... initiation of smoking; Fever ... brown sputum, fever ... Eosinophilic #Lung #Diseases ... diagnosis #comparison #table
Oroya Fever
Hematologic disease caused by Bartonella bacilliformis
Restricted to the Andes highlands of Peru & Ecuador
B. bacilliformis:
Oroya Fever Hematologic ... disease caused ... Restricted to the Andes ... Inflammation: high fever ... gabrieltalledop #Oroya #Fever
Cold Urticaria
Prevalence - 0.05% in the population
Disease onset - Mostly 2nd to 4th decades of life
Causes
the population Disease ... Autoimmune diseases ... Insect stings Disease ... symptoms - Headache, fever ... rheumatology #comparison #table
Clinical Manifestations of Human Herpes Viruses (HHV)

Herpes simplex virus 1	HSV-1	Frequently subclinical (80-90%) Oral lesions (10-20%) congenital
Mononucleosis-like disease ... virus 7 HHV-7 Fever ... Diagnosis #Comparison #Table
Bilateral B-Lines in case of Pneumonia on Lung POCUS

Young healthy pt with fever/dyspnea. POCUS lung exam
Pneumonia on Lung POCUS ... healthy pt with fever ... POCUS lung exam ... interstitial lung disease ... Lung POCUS shows
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
• Periodontal disease ... : • 80% have fever ... antibiotics once stable ... Intervention: - Fevers ... shows a small, stable
Borrelia recurrentis on Peripheral Blood Smear
23M Somali refugee recently arrived w/severe abd pain, confusion and fever
confusion and fever ... BP stable, HR 115 ... This is relapsing fever ... The table below ... Infectious Diseases