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Fever in Returning Travelers from Tropical Regions - Frequent Differential Diagnoses
Medical History:
 • Skin exposure to
- HIV, herpes, hepatitis ... B, hepatitis C ... needles - HIV, hepatitis ... plague, anthrax • Jaundice ... Bacterial, viral, parasitic
Causes of Fever of Unknown Origin (FUO) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Neoplasm:
• NHL
• Hodgkin's lymphoma
• Leukemia
• Solid
Causes of Fever ... Other: • Drug fever ... Non-infectious hepatitis ... CMV • Viral hepatitis ... malaria) • other parasites
Hepatobiliary Manifestations of Sickle Cell Disease
Acute sickle cell hepatic crisis:
 • Fever, acute onset RUQ pain,
hepatic crisis: • Fever ... onset RUQ pain, jaundice ... cholestasis: • Fever ... Hepatobiliary #hepatology #hepatitis
Travel History - Clues to Infectious Disease Diagnosis in a Traveler 
 • Where did you
- Seafood → Hepatitis ... Rabies, cat scratch fever ... → Hepatitis B, Hepatitis ... B, Hepatitis C, ... HPI #Interview #InfectiousDiseases
Extra-articular and Other Conditions Associated with Joint Pain

Eyes
  • Iritis or uveitis - Spondyloarthropathies, Sarcoidosis,
Hyperthyroidism Fever ... • Rheumatic fever ... - Gout • Jaundice ... - Hepatitis ... SLE, Rheumatic fever
Causes of Acute Pericarditis:

Infectious;

Viral: 
Adenovirus 
Coxsackie virus A and B 
Echovirus 
Epstein-Barr virus 
Hepatitis 
Human immunodeficiency
Epstein-Barr virus Hepatitis ... Histoplasmosis Other: parasitic ... Mediterranean fever ... granulomatosis Rheumatic fever
Childhood Immunization Schedule: Why we immunize
 • Diphtheria Toxin -> URT inflammation causes pseudomembrane with hardened
pharyngeal erythema, fever ... pharyngeal erythema, fever ... Sudden onset of fever ... late findings • Hepatitis ... anorexia, nausea, jaundice
Causes of Myocarditis 
1. Infectious Myocarditis
 • Bacterial - Staphylococcus, Streptococcus, Pneumococcus, Meningococcus, Gonococcus, Salmonella, Corynebacterium
Leishmania • Parasitic ... Coxiella bumetti (Q fever ... Mountain Spotted fever ... rubella virus, hepatitis ... virus, yellow fever
Lung Infections in HIV - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Disease by CD4 Count:
Any CD4 Count:
 • Mycobacterium tuberculosis,
loss, lethargy, fever ... • Fever, weight ... be normal • Fever ... possible in HIV PARASITIC ... differential #diagnosis #infectiousdiseases
Cyclosporiasis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Pathogen: 
 • Cyclospora cayetanensis
 • Foodborne, waterbone, and soil-transmitted.
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intracellular parasite ... diarrhea, Low-grade fever ... #microbiology #infectiousdiseases