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Fever in Returning Travelers from Tropical Regions - Frequent Differential Diagnoses
Medical History:
 • Skin exposure to
Regions - Frequent Differential ... Diagnoses Medical ... melioidosis, typhoid, pulmonary ... Bacterial, viral, parasitic ... #diagnosis #tropical
Ever had a #traveler come in to your clinic with #fever and you were not sure
come in to your clinic ... with #fever and ... #differentials # ... diagnosis #medicine ... #infectiousdisease
Acute Fever in-from the Tropics - Clinical Examination

#Tropics #Traveler #Fever #Differential #Signs #Diagnosis #InfectiousDiseases
Acute Fever in-from ... the Tropics - Clinical ... #Differential # ... Signs #Diagnosis ... #InfectiousDiseases
Causes of Acute Onset Fever - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Viral:
 • Rhinovirus
 • Influenza Virus
 • Parainfluenza
- Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... eg.malaria) • Other parasites ... #Differential # ... Diagnosis #Algorithm
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 ... NonResolving #Pneumonia #diagnosis ... #pulmonary #differential
Miliary Tuberculosis 
Hematogenous dissemination of Mycobacterium tuberculosis 
Clinical: 
 • Failure to thrive 
 • Fever
tuberculosis Clinical ... to thrive • Fever ... Tuberculosis #TB #Pulmonary ... #InfectiousDiseases ... #Diagnosis
Differential Diagnosis - Noninfectious Causes of Fever

CRITICAL DIAGNOSES:
 - Acute myocardial infarction
 - Pulmonary embolism or
Differential Diagnosis ... CRITICAL DIAGNOSES ... infarction - Pulmonary ... Transfusion reaction - Pulmonary ... Noninfectious #Causes #Differential
Causes of Myocarditis 
1. Infectious Myocarditis
 • Bacterial - Staphylococcus, Streptococcus, Pneumococcus, Meningococcus, Gonococcus, Salmonella, Corynebacterium
Leishmania • Parasitic ... virus, yellow fever ... , Lassa fever virus ... Myocarditis #Causes #differential ... #diagnosis #cardiology
Infectious Causes of Adrenal Insufficiency
Anatomical distribution of vessels to the adrenal makes the gland prone to
canimorsus • Virus ... Pneumocystis Jiroveci • Parasites ... Insufficiency #AI #differential ... #diagnosis #endocrinology ... #infectiousdiseases
Approach to Eosinophilic Lung Diseases
 • Acute Eosinophilic Pneumonia (< 1 wk) - ~30yo, M; Recent
brown sputum, fever ... Variable) - Fungal, parasites ... Lung #Diseases #pulmonary ... #differential # ... diagnosis #comparison