1654 results
Borrelia recurrentis on Peripheral Blood Smear
23M Somali refugee recently arrived w/severe abd pain, confusion and fever
confusion and fever ... BP stable, HR 115 ... This is relapsing fever ... approx. 7d after exposure ... The table below
Cold Urticaria
Prevalence - 0.05% in the population
Disease onset - Mostly 2nd to 4th decades of life
Causes
after the cold exposure ... symptoms - Headache, fever ... rheumatology #comparison #table
List of Zoonotic Diseases

Armadillos - Sporothrix schenckii (sporotrichosis), Mycobacterium leprae (leprosy)
Bamboo rats - Talaromyces marneffei (formerly
burnetii (placental exposure ... Coxiella burnetii (Q fever ... quintana (trench fever ... virus, Yellow fever ... InfectiousDiseases #table
List of Zoonotic Diseases

Armadillos - Sporothrix schenckii (sporotrichosis), Mycobacterium leprae (leprosy)
Bamboo rats - Talaromyces marneffei (formerly
burnetii (placental exposure ... Coxiella burnetii (Q fever ... quintana (trench fever ... virus, Yellow fever ... InfectiousDiseases #table
Erythemas Summarized
Erythema ab igne
 • A dermatosis that results from repeated exposure to heat (fires, heating
from repeated exposure ... known as rat bite fever ... or Haverhill fever ... infectiosum • Fever ... Erythemas #comparison #table
Fever in Returning Traveler - ABCDE Mnemonic
A - Adventure - Where did the patient travel? 
B
Fever in Returning ... Undifferentiated fever ... between travel/exposures ... E - Exposure History ... @ID_fellows #Fever
Fever in the Returning Traveler - History
Exposure History:
 • Street foods / Local water: entenc fever,
Fever in the Returning ... Traveler - History Exposure ... and body fluid exposure ... and rabies post-exposure ... leptospirosis • Animal exposures
Causes of Relative Bradycardia - Note the propensity for intracellular organisms.
Infectious: 
Legionella, Psittacosis, Q fever, Typhoid
Psittacosis, Q fever ... , Typhoid fever, ... , Dengue fever, ... , Drug fever ... infectiousdiseases #table
Ever had a #traveler come in to your clinic with #fever and you were not sure
Ever had a #traveler ... your clinic with #fever ... travel + specific exposures ... infectiousdisease #fever
"I MD SOAPS" Infectious Diseases Exposure History

I - Immunization - Vaccination status (age-appropriate, comorbidities, travel, etc)
M
Infectious Diseases Exposure ... medications; drug exposure ... previous work exposures ... Activities - Animal exposure ... #IMDSOAPS #Exposure