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Fever of Unknown Origin (FUO) - Further Workup

 • CNS symptoms? Get an LP and imaging
Travel to Midwest ... the respective fungal ... geography • Travel ... thin smear • Signs ... node biopsy • Clinical
Fever in Returning Travelers from Tropical Regions - Frequent Differential Diagnoses
Medical History:
 • Skin exposure to
Fever in Returning ... without localizing signs ... , Lassa fever, acute ... #Returning #Traveler ... diagnosis #tropical #travel
Approach to Eosinophilic Lung Diseases
 • Acute Eosinophilic Pneumonia (< 1 wk) - ~30yo, M; Recent
to Eosinophilic Lung ... Diseases • Acute ... Infectious (Variable) - Fungal ... , parasites; Travel ... Diseases #pulmonary #differential
Bilateral B-Lines in case of Pneumonia on Lung POCUS

Young healthy pt with fever/dyspnea. POCUS lung exam
healthy pt with fever ... immunosuppression, travel ... Differential Bilat ... partially seen shred sign ... #POCUS #clinical
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
conidia → Yeast → travel ... has five major clinical ... stain of clinical ... change in the lungs ... #Diagnosis #Management
Coccidioidomycosis (Valley Fever) - Diagnosis and Management Summary

WHAT?
 • Coccidioidomycosis due to Coccidioides immitis or Coccidioides
Diagnosis and Management ... , is a fungal infection ... spherules in the lungs ... arthroconidia may travel ... TREATMENT: Clinically