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Fever in Returning Travelers from Tropical Regions - Frequent Differential Diagnoses
Medical History:
 • Skin exposure to
Frequent Differential Diagnoses ... Cardinal Symptoms ... localizing signs ... or symptoms - Malaria ... , HIV infection,
Fever Patterns - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Continuous Fever:
Temp > 38°C with only 1 degree fluctuation in 24
and bacterial infections ... hours • Viral infections ... • Rickettsiae infections ... Pyogenic/focal infection ... viral source Non-Infectious
Complications of Measles: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
 • ADEM -> Fever, headache, neck stiffness, BBD, mental
SOB, fatigue, fever ... Opportunistic infections ... Complications #diagnosis ... #signs #symptoms ... #pathophysiology
Anaplasma Infection - Anaplasma phagocytophilum
Pathophysiology: 
 • Obligate, intracellular bacteria
 • Transmitted via blacklegged tick —
Anaplasma Infection ... within morulae Signs ... and symptoms: ... after bite • Fever ... #Anaplasma #Infection
Stages of Syphilis
Early Primary:
 • Painless chancre
 • Regional lymphadenopathy
Early Secondary:
 • Fever, malaise
 • Rash
Secondary: • Fever ... testing • No symptoms ... first year of infection ... testing • Time of infection ... #signs #diagnosis
Fever in Returning Traveler - ABCDE Mnemonic
A - Adventure - Where did the patient travel? 
B
Fever in Returning ... did the patient travel ... exposures to onset of symptoms ... Ill Contacts Infectious ... Mnemonic #history #diagnosis
Jones criteria for diagnosis of rheumatic fever 

Requirements for Diagnosis: Two major, or one major and
of rheumatic fever ... streptococcal infection ... Criteria #Rheumatic #Fever ... #Major #Minor #Symptoms ... #Signs #Diagnosis
Acute Otitis Media: Complications
Infection and inflammation of the middle ear
 - Prolonged obstruction of e. tube
Complications Infection ... air cells - Infection ... • High grade fever ... #symptoms #signs ... #diagnosis
Periorbital Cellulitis: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
Definitions:
a. Dacryoadenitis: infection of the lacrimal glands
b. Conjunctivitis: inflammation of the
Dacryoadenitis: infection ... are no longer infectious ... Dacryocystitis: an infection ... Hordeolum: localized infection ... #signs #symptoms
Lower Urinary Tract Infection: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings

- Predisposing Factors:  Immunocompromised state, diabetes, elderly, female
Urinary Tract Infection ... Urinary Tract Infection ... ("Cystitis"): Infection ... Signs/Symptoms ... #Signs #Symptoms