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Fever in Returning Travelers from Tropical Regions - Frequent Differential Diagnoses
Medical History:
 • Skin exposure to
Regions - Frequent Differential ... B, hepatitis C infection ... HIV infection, infective ... HIV infection ... fluke infections
Fever Patterns - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Continuous Fever:
Temp > 38°C with only 1 degree fluctuation in 24
and bacterial infections ... hours • Viral infections ... • Rickettsiae infections ... Pyogenic/focal infection ... viral source Non-Infectious
Causes of Fever of Unknown Origin (FUO) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Neoplasm:
• NHL
• Hodgkin's lymphoma
• Leukemia
• Solid
• Trauma Non-infectious ... Organ Specific Infection ... • Infectious ... disease Viral Infection ... Enterovirus Other Infection
Thrombocytosis - Differential Diagnosis
Platelet Count > 450
Reactive:
 • Anemia/blood loss (Fe deficiency)
 • Infection/Sepsis
 • Non-infectious
Thrombocytosis - Differential ... deficiency) • Infection ... Sepsis • Non-infectious ... (malignancy, rheumatologic ... causes #Platelets #hematology
Causes of Leukocytosis and Leukopenia - Differential Diagnosis
 • Eosinophilia (AEC > 500, hypereosinophilia > 1500):
Connective Tissue, Infections ... Lymphocytosis: Infection ... Lymphocytopenia: Infections ... • Neutropenia: Infections ... Diagnosis #causes #hematology
Causes of Acute Onset Fever - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Viral:
 • Rhinovirus
 • Influenza Virus
 • Parainfluenza
of Acute Onset Fever ... Organ Specific Infection ... Urinary Tract Infection ... disease • Drug fever ... #Fever #Acute
Infectious causes of eosinophilia

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Blood culture contaminants
Grouped by gram negative vs gram positive vs other as well as never/maybe/probably
Some additional
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Differential Diagnosis - Fever of Unknown Origin (FUO)

IMADE mnemonic:
 • Infection
 • Malignancy
 • Autoimmune (Rheumatologic)
Differential Diagnosis ... - Fever of Unknown ... mnemonic: • Infection ... • Autoimmune (Rheumatologic ... udaygulati #FUO #Fever
Rodent-associated Bacterial infections: Leptospirosis, Rat-bite fever, Tularemia, Plague 

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Rodent-associated Bacterial infections ... Leptospirosis, Rat-bite fever ... #rodent #infections ... infectiousdisease #fever ... #differential