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Fever in the Returning Traveler - History
Exposure History:
 • Street foods / Local water: entenc fever,
Fever in the Returning ... Traveler - History Exposure ... and body fluid exposure ... and rabies post-exposure ... History #diagnosis #differential
Fever in Returning Travelers from Tropical Regions - Frequent Differential Diagnoses
Medical History:
 • Skin exposure to
Fever in Returning ... Regions - Frequent Differential ... History: • Skin exposure ... leptospirosis • Exposure ... Returning #Traveler #differential
Erythematous Rashes - THE ALGORITHMIC APPROACH

Characterized by diffuse redness of the skin due to
capillary congestion, erythematous
or absence of fever ... If fever is present ... Nikolsky sign, the differential ... reaction or an exposure ... #Differential
Travel History - Clues to Infectious Disease Diagnosis in a Traveler 
 • Where did you
Brucella, Listeria • Exposure ... Rabies, cat scratch fever ... infection • Insect exposure ... Commercial sex worker exposure ... InfectiousDiseases #Infections #differential
Prior Fever in a Returning Traveler – PEARLs
Remember that in any returning traveler with a fever
Prior Fever in a ... traveler with a fever ... the TRAVEL hx, EXPOSURE ... ) #Diagnosis #Fever ... Subacute #Acute #Differential
List of Zoonotic Diseases

Armadillos - Sporothrix schenckii (sporotrichosis), Mycobacterium leprae (leprosy)
Bamboo rats - Talaromyces marneffei (formerly
burnetii (placental exposure ... Coxiella burnetii (Q fever ... quintana (trench fever ... virus, Yellow fever ... Zoonotic #zoonoses #differential
List of Zoonotic Diseases

Armadillos - Sporothrix schenckii (sporotrichosis), Mycobacterium leprae (leprosy)
Bamboo rats - Talaromyces marneffei (formerly
burnetii (placental exposure ... Coxiella burnetii (Q fever ... quintana (trench fever ... virus, Yellow fever ... Zoonotic #zoonoses #differential
Soil Related Infections - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Mechanism Of Infection:
 • Wound
 • GI: Ingestion, MUD, Contaminated
Related Infections - Differential ... Pruritic papule on exposed ... dyspnea, possible fever ... Coccidioidomycosis ("Valley Fever ... Soil #Infections #differential
Guillain–Barré syndrome (GBS)
(aka: Landry–Guillain–Barré–Strohl syndrome:
	Most common cause of acute flaccid paralysis
	Rapidly progressive ascending paralysis & areflexia
	Autonomic
Differential diagnosis ... food/wound toxin exposure ... virus: Headache, fever
Erythemas Summarized
Erythema ab igne
 • A dermatosis that results from repeated exposure to heat (fires, heating
from repeated exposure ... known as rat bite fever ... or Haverhill fever ... infectiosum • Fever ... comparison #table #differential