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Fever in Returning Travelers from Tropical Regions - Frequent Differential Diagnoses
Medical History:
 • Skin exposure to
eosinophilia, ascariasis, strongyloidiasis ... liver abscess • Diarrhea ... schistosomiasis, strongyloidiasis
Causes of Chronic Diarrhea
Osmotic Diarrhea
 1. Medications: antacids, lactulose, sorbitol
 2. Disaccharidase deficiency: lactose intolerance
 3.
Causes of Chronic Diarrhea ... Osmotic Diarrhea ... Factitious diarrhea ... Factitious diarrhea ... Entamoeba histolytica, Strongyloidiasis
Travel History - Clues to Infectious Disease Diagnosis in a Traveler 
 • Where did you
→ Travelers' diarrhea ... → Strongyloidiasis
Strongyloides Stercoralis on sputum microscopy
As many suggested this was strongyloides stercoralis hyperinfection syndrome.
Infection is initiated by
symptoms: - GI: diarrhea ... microscopy #clinical #strongyloidiasis
Suggested algorithm for treating irritable bowel syndrome-diarrheal type (IBS-D) 

#IBSD #diarrhea #Algorithm #irritable #bowel #syndrome #management
bowel syndrome-diarrheal ... IBS-D) #IBSD #diarrhea
Filariform larvae of Strongyloides strongylodiasis on sputum microscopy
BMT patient with abd pain and rash. Treated with
Strongyloides strongylodiasis ... Strongyloides #strongylodiasis
Sputum culture from a patient with Strongyloides hyperinfection.  The larvae burrow through the agar tracking
Strongyloides #strongyloidiasis
Approach to Diarrhea - Differential Diagnosis and Workup Algorithm

Acute Diarrhea (MINT):
 • Medications
 • Infections: Inflammatory
Approach to Diarrhea ... : Inflammatory diarrhea ... , Watery diarrhea ... • Watery diarrhea ... • Fatty diarrhea
Acute Diarrhea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
 • Ischemic: Small Bowel vs Large Bowel
 • Infectious: Diarrhea-Predominant
Acute Diarrhea - ... • Infectious: Diarrhea-Predominant ... Dietary (osmotic diarrhea ... ) #Acute #Diarrhea
Causes of Diarrhea 
#Diarrhea #DDX
Causes of Diarrhea ... #Diarrhea #DDX