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Ever had a #traveler come in to your clinic with #fever and you were not sure
Ever had a #traveler ... not sure what #infection ... differentials #diagnosis ... #medicine #infectiousdisease ... #fever #traveler
Fever in Returning Travelers from Tropical Regions - Frequent Differential Diagnoses
Medical History:
 • Skin exposure to
Frequent Differential Diagnoses ... tuberculosis, American ... #Returning #Traveler ... #differential #diagnosis ... #tropical #travel
Travel History - Clues to Infectious Disease Diagnosis in a Traveler 
 • Where did you
Infectious Disease Diagnosis ... Rabies, cat scratch fever ... Herpesvirus B infection ... HPI #Interview #InfectiousDiseases ... #differential #Diagnosis
Cyclosporiasis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Pathogen: 
 • Cyclospora cayetanensis
 • Foodborne, waterbone, and soil-transmitted.
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reported in Latin America ... transmission as zoonotic infection ... International travel ... diarrhea, Low-grade fever ... #microbiology #infectiousdiseases
Chagas Disease (American trypanosomiasis) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Acute Chagas Disease (8-12 weeks):
 • Mild: Malaise,
Chagas Disease (American ... Mild: Malaise, fever ... • Severe: Only 1% ... useful for chronic infection ... #Microbiology #InfectiousDiseases
Visceral Leishmaniasis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Species: Leishmania donovani, Leishmania infantum, Leishmania chagasi
Where: South Asia, East
East and Latin America ... 2-6 months • Fever ... Treatment: 1) ... mg/kg on days 1- ... management #treatment #infectiousdiseases
Algorithm for the Evaluation of Acute Diarrhea (< 7 days)
Are the following present?
   1.
1. ... Travel to endemic ... HIV infection or ... Bloody diarrhea, fever ... algorithm #workup #diagnosis
Hantavirus
Pathogen: Hantavirus - Rodents are the primary reservoir
Transmission:
 • Shed in the urine, feces, saliva of
common route of infection ... Incubation is 1 ... • Prodrome: fever ... +/- diarrhea Diagnosis ... #microbiology #infectiousdiseases
Tularemia - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Francisella tularensis - Aerobic fastidious gram-negative Coccobacillus - Zoonotic Infection
 •
Tularemia - Diagnosis ... Coccobacillus - Zoonotic Infection ... Ulceroglandular: Fever ... Moderate Disease: 1) ... management #treatment #infectiousdiseases
Fever After International Travel

Infectious Disease:
• Endemic in either the destination or home region

Viral Syndromes:
Arboviral infections, a
Travel Infectious ... international travel ... cases of malaria diagnosed ... culture; rapid diagnostic ... #Diagnosis #InfectiousDiseases