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Fever in Returning Travelers from Tropical Regions - Frequent Differential Diagnoses
Medical History:
 • Skin exposure to
, Epstein-Barr virus ... ; Dengue virus, ... Crimean Congo virus ... , Ebola virus, Marburg ... virus, Lassa virus
Fever in the Returning Traveler - History
Exposure History:
 • Street foods / Local water: entenc fever,
tattoos, piercings, injections ... immunodeficiency virus ... HBV, hepatitis C virus ... herpes simplex virus ... History #diagnosis #differential
Causes of Acute Onset Fever - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Viral:
 • Rhinovirus
 • Influenza Virus
 • Parainfluenza
- Differential ... • Influenza Virus ... Parainfluenza Virus ... - Other: • Fungal ... #Differential #
Causes of Myocarditis 
1. Infectious Myocarditis
 • Bacterial - Staphylococcus, Streptococcus, Pneumococcus, Meningococcus, Gonococcus, Salmonella, Corynebacterium
Infectious Myocarditis ... Weil disease) • Fungal ... virus, yellow fever ... , Lassa fever virus ... Myocarditis #Causes #differential
MIAMI Mnemonic for Differential Diagnosis of Lymphadenopathy
Malignancies
 - Kaposi sarcoma, leukemias, lymphomas, metastases, skin neoplasms
Infections
 -
MIAMI Mnemonic for Differential ... tularemia, typhoid fever ... immunodeficiency virus ... (Epstein-Barr virus ... rubella - Other: fungal
Fever After International Travel

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

Viral Syndromes:
Arboviral infections, a
Travel Infectious ... • Dengue virus ... • Chikungunya virus ... • Zika virus ... #Travel #Differential
Infectious Causes of Adrenal Insufficiency
Anatomical distribution of vessels to the adrenal makes the gland prone to
canimorsus • Virus ... , Epstein-Barr virus ... Herpes simplex virus ... , SARS-COV • Fungi ... Insufficiency #AI #differential
Non-Resolving Pneumonias: Etiologies
Unusual Infections:
 - Immunocompromised patients (e.g.: Mycobacterium, Aspergillosis, Nocardia)
 - Endemic Fungi (e.g.: Histoplasmosis,
Etiologies Unusual Infections ... Nocardia) - Endemic Fungi ... yersinia/rats, Q fever ... ) - Returning travelers ... pseudomallei, hanta virus
Causes of Acute Pericarditis:

Infectious;

Viral: 
Adenovirus 
Coxsackie virus A and B 
Echovirus 
Epstein-Barr virus 
Hepatitis 
Human immunodeficiency
Pericarditis: Infectious ... Adenovirus Coxsackie virus ... Epstein-Barr virus ... immunodeficiency virus ... Whipple disease Fungal
Approach to Joint Pain - Arthritis Differential Diagnosis Framework

Inflammatory Versus Noninflammatory Pain
 • Is it inflammatory
Pain - Arthritis Differential ... burgdorferi • Virus ... • Rheumatic fever ... • Hepatitis B virus ... tuberculosis) • Fungi