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Fever in Returning Travelers from Tropical Regions - Frequent Differential Diagnoses
Medical History:
 • Skin exposure to
Frequent Differential Diagnoses ... endocarditis, tuberculosis ... tuberculosis, American ... endocarditis ... #differential #diagnosis
Endocarditis checklist
Initial evaluation
 • Peripheral blood cultures (three sets at three different sites)
 • Additional culture
for metastatic infection ... • Persistent fever ... Josh Farkas @PulmCrit ... #criticalcare #diagnosis ... #management
Q Fever (Coxiella Burnetii) - Acute vs Chronic Diagnosis and Management

Acute:
 - Self-limited flu-like illness
 -
Q Fever (Coxiella ... Acute vs Chronic Diagnosis ... and Management ... #microbiology ... #diagnosis #management
Chagas Disease (American trypanosomiasis) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Acute Chagas Disease (8-12 weeks):
 • Mild: Malaise,
Chagas Disease (American ... and Management ... Mild: Malaise, fever ... useful for chronic infection ... #Management #Microbiology
Endocarditis Summary

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV substance use
• IV catheter
• Recent
Hypercoagulable (APLAS) Microbiology ... night sweats, fever ... Differential Diagnosis ... Diagnosis? ... #diagnosis #management
Clinical Algorithm for Emergency Department Evaluation and Management of UTI in Febrile Infants and Young Children

Urinary
Evaluation and Management ... Urinary tract infection ... serious bacterial infection ... developed by the American ... UTI #Algorithm #Diagnosis
Visceral Leishmaniasis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Species: Leishmania donovani, Leishmania infantum, Leishmania chagasi
Where: South Asia, East
and Management ... East and Latin America ... and NO, Suppress induction ... 2-6 months • Fever ... infectiousdiseases #microbiology
Suspected catheter-related bloodstream infection - Management Algorithm
 • Temperature 37.8 C   • Rigors
- Management Algorithm ... • Persistent fever ... (endocarditis, ... • Persistent fever ... #CRBSI #diagnosis
Tularemia - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Francisella tularensis - Aerobic fastidious gram-negative Coccobacillus - Zoonotic Infection
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and Management ... Coccobacillus - Zoonotic Infection ... Ulceroglandular: Fever ... #management #treatment ... infectiousdiseases #microbiology
Cyclosporiasis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Pathogen: 
 • Cyclospora cayetanensis
 • Foodborne, waterbone, and soil-transmitted.
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and Management ... reported in Latin America ... transmission as zoonotic infection ... diarrhea, Low-grade fever ... #microbiology #