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Fever in Returning Travelers from Tropical Regions - Frequent Differential Diagnoses
Medical History:
 • Skin exposure to
Sexual contacts - HIV ... , herpes, hepatitis ... , HIV infection, ... , acute HIV infection ... HIV infection
Causes of Acute Onset Fever - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Viral:
 • Rhinovirus
 • Influenza Virus
 • Parainfluenza
Causes of Acute ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Coronavirus • HIV ... Meningitis • Skin ... #Algorithm #causes
Causes of Knee Effusions - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Knee Effusion Red Flags:
1. Fever/Chills/Joint pain/Night sweats/Weight loss
	- DDX:
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Causes of Knee Effusions ... Brucellosis - Viruses: HIV ... Chikungunya - Herpes ... virus: CMV, HSV ... #msk #physicalexam
Travel History - Clues to Infectious Disease Diagnosis in a Traveler 
 • Where did you
Schistosomiasis • Skin ... , Hepatitis C, HIV ... , Hepatitis C, HIV ... new partner → HSV ... , HIV, Hepatitis
Leg Pain - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Bone/Joint Causes of Leg Pain:
 • Fracture
 • Arthritis
 • Gout/pseudogout
Epidural abscess - Herpes ... zoster - HIV ... pain/swelling - Fever ... lower #extremity #msk ... #physicalexam
Microbial Etiology of Acute Pharyngitis - IDSA
Bacterial
 • Group A streptococcus - Pharyngotonsillitis, scarlet fever
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Herpes simplex ... mononucleosis • HIV ... Primary acute HIV ... Pharyngitis #IDSA #diagnosis ... #differential #causes
Acute Retroviral Syndrome
Acute Retroviral Syndrome is the symptomatic presentation of acute human immunodeficiency virus infection

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Headache (45%) • Fever ... sweats (28%) • Skin ... 14%), in which case ... Viral hepatitis Diagnosis ... #diagnosis
CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
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HIV / AIDS - Differential ... Simplex Virus (HSV ... Demyelinating disease caused ... in HIV: • CNS ... #HIV #CNS #Infections
Vibrio Vulnificus skin infection
Cirrhosis w/recent consumption of raw oysters w/rapidly evolving rash. 
Vibrio vulnificus part of
Vibrio Vulnificus skin ... marine microbiota & causes ... Rapid onset of fever ... hemolytic anemia, CKD, hiv ... legs #clinical #photo
Purpura - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Non-blanchable, dark red to purple, hemorrhagic skin lesions that result from leakage
- Differential Diagnosis ... purple, hemorrhagic skin ... SLE) - Viral infections ... • HCV, HBV Not ... mountain spotted fever