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Borrelia recurrentis on Peripheral Blood Smear
23M Somali refugee recently arrived w/severe abd pain, confusion and fever
humanus, AKA the body ... mostly on the body ... LBRF can be diagnosed ... recurrentis #BloodSmear #microscopy ... #pathology #clinical
Fever After International Travel

Infectious Disease:
• Endemic in either the destination or home region

Viral Syndromes:
Arboviral infections, a
with headache, body ... Babesiosis • Plasmodium ... chest film; blood-smear ... dipstick test, microscopic ... #InfectiousDiseases
Fever of Unknown Origin (FUO) Diagnostic Algorithm
STEP 1 Perform a comprehensive history and complete physical examination.
STEP
Fever of Unknown ... Algorithm STEP ... urinalysis with microscopy ... releasing assay, blood cultures ... #Algorithm #infectiousdiseases
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
travel to lymph nodes ... → spread in body ... respiratory symptoms • Fever ... • Isolated fever ... ) #Mycoses #InfectiousDiseases