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Fever in Returning Travelers from Tropical Regions - Frequent Differential Diagnoses
Medical History:
 • Skin exposure to
B, hepatitis C infection ... melioidosis, typhoid, pulmonary ... eosinophilia - Tropical pulmonary ... HIV infection ... fluke infections
Rodent-associated Bacterial infections: Leptospirosis, Rat-bite fever, Tularemia, Plague 

#rodent
#infections
#leptospirosis
#tularemia
#ratbitefever
#plague
#rats
#infectiousdisease
#fever
#differential
#diagnosis
#management
#treatment
#table
Rodent-associated Bacterial infections ... Leptospirosis, Rat-bite fever ... #rodent #infections ... plague #rats #infectiousdisease ... #fever #differential
Miliary Tuberculosis 
Hematogenous dissemination of Mycobacterium tuberculosis 
Clinical: 
 • Failure to thrive 
 • Fever
to thrive • Fever ... and joints • Liver ... Tuberculosis #TB #Pulmonary ... #InfectiousDiseases
Rapidly Growing Mycobacterial Infections

 • Mycobacterium abscessus - Is the most pathogenic and the most likely
Mycobacterial Infections ... likely to cause pulmonary ... infection. ... other site of infection ... #differential #infectiousdiseases
Initiation of ART in HIV patients with Opportunistic Infections
 • Pulmonary TB and CD4 cell count
Opportunistic Infections ... • Pulmonary TB ... count <50 • Pulmonary ... Opportunistic #Infections ... #management #infectiousdiseases
Causes of Relative Bradycardia - Note the propensity for intracellular organisms.
Infectious: 
Legionella, Psittacosis, Q fever, Typhoid
Infectious: Legionella ... , Typhoid fever, ... , Dengue fever, ... , Non-infectious ... differential #diagnosis #infectiousdiseases
Ever had a #traveler come in to your clinic with #fever and you were not sure
Ever had a #traveler ... your clinic with #fever ... not sure what #infection ... diagnosis #medicine #infectiousdisease ... #fever #traveler
Infections Rats can Transmit to Humans
Other infections not highlighted include Lassa fever, Plague, Salmonella, Tularemia etc

Rat
Infections Rats ... Humans Other infections ... include Lassa fever ... : - Rat-Bite Fever ... Transmissible #InfectiousDiseases
Adjuvant therapies in critical care: steroids to treat infectious diseases
 - Severe Community Acquired Pneumonia
steroids to treat infectious ... Pneumonia - Typhoid fever ... Corticosteroids #Adjuvant #InfectiousDiseases ... #Infections #Pharmacology
Eosinophilic meningitis
#eosinophilicmeningitis #eosmeningitis #angiostrongylus #baylisascaris #gnathostoma #raccoon #snail

By Dr. Sara Dong @swinndong via Febrile [febrilepodcast.com
febrilepodcast] #ID #InfectiousDiseases ... #Infections #Microbiology ... eosinophilia #eosinophil #fever