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Travel History - Clues to Infectious Disease Diagnosis in a Traveler 
 • Where did you
Travel History - ... → Leptospirosis ... Rabies, cat scratch fever ... Blood transfusion ... HPI #Interview #InfectiousDiseases
Fever in the Returning Traveler - History
Exposure History:
 • Street foods / Local water: entenc fever,
Traveler - History ... arboviruses, Rickettsia, African ... toxoplasmosis • Blood ... schistosomiasis, leptospirosis ... #Returning #Traveler
Chagas Disease (American trypanosomiasis) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Acute Chagas Disease (8-12 weeks):
 • Mild: Malaise,
Chagas Disease (American ... Mild: Malaise, fever ... detectable by blood ... Diagnosis #Management #Microbiology ... #InfectiousDiseases
Cyclosporiasis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Pathogen: 
 • Cyclospora cayetanensis
 • Foodborne, waterbone, and soil-transmitted.
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reported in Latin America ... International travel ... diarrhea, Low-grade fever ... management #treatment #microbiology ... #infectiousdiseases
Fever After International Travel

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

Viral Syndromes:
Arboviral infections, a
Travel Infectious ... Infections: • Leptospirosis ... renal function • Blood ... a chest film; blood-smear ... #Diagnosis #InfectiousDiseases
Identification of Trypanosoma brucei vs Trypanosoma cruzi
The best, easiest way to distinguish Trypanosoma species: size of
cruzi: - South American ... amastigotes in tissue (never ... Identification #comparison ... #diagnosis #microbiology ... #blood #smear #
List of Zoonotic Diseases

Armadillos - Sporothrix schenckii (sporotrichosis), Mycobacterium leprae (leprosy)
Bamboo rats - Talaromyces marneffei (formerly
virus, Yellow fever ... Leptospira interrogans (leptospirosis ... tick (Amblyomma americanum ... differential #diagnosis #InfectiousDiseases ... #table #list
List of Zoonotic Diseases

Armadillos - Sporothrix schenckii (sporotrichosis), Mycobacterium leprae (leprosy)
Bamboo rats - Talaromyces marneffei (formerly
virus, Yellow fever ... Leptospira interrogans (leptospirosis ... tick (Amblyomma americanum ... differential #diagnosis #InfectiousDiseases ... #table #list
Chagas Disease (American trypanosomiasis) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Acute Chagas Disease (8-12 weeks):
 • Mild: Malaise,
Chagas Disease (American ... Mild: Malaise, fever ... detectable by blood ... Diagnosis #Management #Microbiology ... #InfectiousDiseases
Coccidioidomycosis (Valley Fever) - Diagnosis and Management Summary

WHAT?
 • Coccidioidomycosis due to Coccidioides immitis or Coccidioides
known as valley fever ... Immunosuppressant drug use • African ... arthroconidia may travel ... TREATMENT: Clinically stable ... Diagnosis #Management #infectiousdiseases