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Fever in Returning Travelers from Tropical Regions - Frequent Differential Diagnoses
Medical History:
 • Skin exposure to
Fever in Returning ... Medical History: • Skin ... without genital lesions ... Lymphatic filariasis, loasis ... #Returning #Traveler
Maculopapular - Diagnostic Algorithm
Pathophysiology:
- Catch-all term with a wide range of potential pathophysiologic mechanisms and causative
or fluid-filled lesions ... - Pathophysiology ... instability - New-onset fever ... Mucocutaneous or ocular lesions ... sulfa-drug - Skin
Giant Cell (Temporal) Arteritis: Pathogenesis and investigations
Risk Factors:
 - Unclear environmental triggers (may be viral, not
GCA is almost never ... /Symptoms: - Fever ... - Vasculitic skin ... lesions - Muscle-soreness ... Temporal #Arteritis #Pathophysiology
Nodular Skin Lesions in the Returning Traveler
Furuncular Myiasis:
 • Pathogens: Dermatobia hominis, Cordylobia spp, Cuterebra spp
Nodular Skin Lesions ... in the Returning ... Traveler Furuncular Myiasis ... BoggildLab #Nodular #Skin ... #Lesions #Returning
Lung Infections in HIV - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Disease by CD4 Count:
Any CD4 Count:
 • Mycobacterium tuberculosis,
• Polymorphic skin ... lesions (papules ... , • Multiple skin ... lesions (pustules ... differential #diagnosis #infectiousdiseases
Disseminated Gonococcal Infection - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Bacteremic spread of the Gram-negative diplococci Neisseria gonorrhoeae. History
Laboratory testing of skin ... lesion samples ... syndrome: • Fever ... #Microbiology #InfectiousDiseases
Soil Related Infections - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Mechanism Of Infection:
 • Wound
 • GI: Ingestion, MUD, Contaminated
Inhalation • Skin ... papule on exposed skin ... • Toxocara • Myiasis ... dyspnea, possible fever ... differential #diagnosis #InfectiousDiseases
List of Zoonotic Diseases

Armadillos - Sporothrix schenckii (sporotrichosis), Mycobacterium leprae (leprosy)
Bamboo rats - Talaromyces marneffei (formerly
Coxiella burnetii (Q fever ... loa (deer fly), Myiasis ... virus, Yellow fever ... #Zoonotic #zoonoses ... differential #diagnosis #InfectiousDiseases
List of Zoonotic Diseases

Armadillos - Sporothrix schenckii (sporotrichosis), Mycobacterium leprae (leprosy)
Bamboo rats - Talaromyces marneffei (formerly
Coxiella burnetii (Q fever ... loa (deer fly), Myiasis ... virus, Yellow fever ... #Zoonotic #zoonoses ... differential #diagnosis #InfectiousDiseases
Childhood Immunization Schedule: Why we immunize
 • Diphtheria Toxin -> URT inflammation causes pseudomembrane with hardened
pharyngeal erythema, fever ... pharyngeal erythema, fever ... that persists as skin ... lesions -> Vesicular ... peds #pediatrics #pathophysiology