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Fever in Returning Travelers from Tropical Regions - Frequent Differential Diagnoses
Medical History:
 • Skin exposure to
Frequent Differential Diagnoses ... melioidosis, typhoid, pulmonary ... eosinophilia - Tropical pulmonary ... Bacterial, viral, parasitic ... #differential #diagnosis
Causes of Acute Onset Fever - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Viral:
 • Rhinovirus
 • Influenza Virus
 • Parainfluenza
of Acute Onset Fever ... - Differential Diagnosis ... • Influenza Virus ... eg.malaria) • Other parasites ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Infections Rats can Transmit to Humans
Other infections not highlighted include Lassa fever, Plague, Salmonella, Tularemia etc

Rat
include Lassa fever ... : - Rat-Bite Fever ... Choriomeningitis Virus ... Transmissible #InfectiousDiseases ... #Diagnosis #Management
Non-Resolving Pneumonias: Etiologies
Unusual Infections:
 - Immunocompromised patients (e.g.: Mycobacterium, Aspergillosis, Nocardia)
 - Endemic Fungi (e.g.: Histoplasmosis,
yersinia/rats, Q fever ... pseudomallei, hanta virus ... polyangiitis, microscopic ... Others: - Pulmonary ... NonResolving #Pneumonia #diagnosis
Miliary Tuberculosis 
Hematogenous dissemination of Mycobacterium tuberculosis 
Clinical: 
 • Failure to thrive 
 • Fever
to thrive • Fever ... Tuberculosis #TB #Pulmonary ... #InfectiousDiseases ... #Diagnosis
Causes of Myocarditis 
1. Infectious Myocarditis
 • Bacterial - Staphylococcus, Streptococcus, Pneumococcus, Meningococcus, Gonococcus, Salmonella, Corynebacterium
Leishmania • Parasitic ... Mountain Spotted fever ... virus, yellow fever ... , Lassa fever virus ... #differential #diagnosis
Infectious Causes of Adrenal Insufficiency
Anatomical distribution of vessels to the adrenal makes the gland prone to
canimorsus • Virus ... , Epstein-Barr virus ... Pneumocystis Jiroveci • Parasites ... #differential #diagnosis ... endocrinology #infectiousdiseases
Cyclosporiasis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Pathogen: 
 • Cyclospora cayetanensis
 • Foodborne, waterbone, and soil-transmitted.
 •
Cyclosporiasis - Diagnosis ... intracellular parasite ... diarrhea, Low-grade fever ... Established via stool microscopy ... #microbiology #infectiousdiseases
Approach to Eosinophilic Lung Diseases
 • Acute Eosinophilic Pneumonia (< 1 wk) - ~30yo, M; Recent
initiation of smoking; Fever ... brown sputum, fever ... Variable) - Fungal, parasites ... Lung #Diseases #pulmonary ... #differential #diagnosis
Causes of Acute Pericarditis:

Infectious;

Viral: 
Adenovirus 
Coxsackie virus A and B 
Echovirus 
Epstein-Barr virus 
Hepatitis 
Human immunodeficiency
Epstein-Barr virus ... Histoplasmosis Other: parasitic ... Mediterranean fever ... granulomatosis Rheumatic fever ... #Differential #Diagnosis