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Ever had a #traveler come in to your clinic with #fever and you were not sure
come in to your clinic ... incubation period and geography ... differentials #diagnosis ... #medicine #infectiousdisease
Leishmaniasis Life Cycle
1) Sandfly takes a blood meal (injects promastigote stage into the skin)
Human Stages:
2) Promastigotes
Leishmaniasis Life ... proboscis #Leishmaniasis ... #LifeCycle #diagnosis ... pathophysiology #infectiousdiseases
Differential diagnosis of Skin + Eye infections
 • Bacterial: Staph spp, Strep spp, Pseudomonas spp, Bartonella,
Differential diagnosis ... • Parasitic: Leishmaniasis ... #dermatology #InfectiousDiseases ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Visceral Leishmaniasis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Species: Leishmania donovani, Leishmania infantum, Leishmania chagasi
Where: South Asia, East
Visceral Leishmaniasis ... - Diagnosis and ... #Visceral #Leishmaniasis ... #diagnosis #management ... #treatment #infectiousdiseases
CENTRAL FACIAL / NASAL LESIONS
Bacteria:
 • Leprosy (saddle nose deformity)
 • Tuberculosis (lupus vulgaris)l
 • Endemic
Mucocutaneous leishmaniasis ... Lesions #infections #diagnosis ... #infectiousdiseases
Clinical Examination of Patients With Infectious Disease

#PhysicalExam #Findings #Signs #InfectiousDiseases #Diagnosis
Clinical Examination ... Findings #Signs #InfectiousDiseases ... #Diagnosis
Acute Fever in-from the Tropics - Clinical Examination

#Tropics #Traveler #Fever #Differential #Signs #Diagnosis #InfectiousDiseases
the Tropics - Clinical ... Differential #Signs #Diagnosis ... #InfectiousDiseases
Infective Endocarditis: Modified Duke Criteria
Clinical Criteria: 
1. Two major criteria 
2. One major and three minor
Duke Criteria Clinical ... #Diagnosis #InfectiousDiseases
Fever of Unknown Origin (FUO) - Further Workup

 • CNS symptoms? Get an LP and imaging
pathogens based on geography ... node biopsy • Clinical ... UnknownOrigin #workup #diagnosis
Miliary Tuberculosis 
Hematogenous dissemination of Mycobacterium tuberculosis 
Clinical: 
 • Failure to thrive 
 • Fever
tuberculosis Clinical ... TB #Pulmonary #InfectiousDiseases ... #Diagnosis