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Fever in Returning Travelers from Tropical Regions - Frequent Differential Diagnoses
Medical History:
 • Skin exposure to
Frequent Differential Diagnoses ... skin infection, african ... trypanosomiasis ... tuberculosis, American ... #differential #diagnosis
Blood culture contaminants
Grouped by gram negative vs gram positive vs other as well as never/maybe/probably
Some additional
other as well as never ... #Infections #Microbiology ... #Micro #Differential ... #Ddx #Diagnosis ... Bloodculture #Bloodcx #bcx
Chagas Disease (American trypanosomiasis) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Acute Chagas Disease (8-12 weeks):
 • Mild: Malaise,
trypanosomiasis ... Management Summary ... Mild: Malaise, fever ... #Diagnosis #Management ... #Microbiology #
Fever in the Returning Traveler - History
Exposure History:
 • Street foods / Local water: entenc fever,
Fever in the Returning ... arboviruses, Rickettsia, African ... trypanosomiasis ... schistosomiasis, leptospirosis ... Traveler #History #diagnosis
Chagas Disease (American trypanosomiasis) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Acute Chagas Disease (8-12 weeks):
 • Mild: Malaise,
trypanosomiasis ... Management Summary ... Mild: Malaise, fever ... #Diagnosis #Management ... #Microbiology #
Guide to Interpretation of Positive Blood Cultures

I arrange the potential Gram stain results that one can
call from the micro ... Fewer positive cultures ... reason to go to micro ... Interpretation #Laboratory #Microbiology ... #Diagnosis
Chagas Disease - American Trypanosomiasis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Chagas disease (American trypanosomiasis) is an infectious
Chagas Disease - American ... - Diagnosis and ... Management Summary ... mild (malaise, fever ... #Diagnosis #Management
Identification of Trypanosoma brucei vs Trypanosoma cruzi
The best, easiest way to distinguish Trypanosoma species: size of
cruzi: - South American ... Trypanosomiasis ... amastigotes in tissue (never ... Identification #comparison #diagnosis ... #microbiology #
Visceral Leishmaniasis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Species: Leishmania donovani, Leishmania infantum, Leishmania chagasi
Where: South Asia, East
and Management ... East and Latin America ... 2-6 months • Fever ... #management #treatment ... infectiousdiseases #microbiology
Cyclosporiasis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Pathogen: 
 • Cyclospora cayetanensis
 • Foodborne, waterbone, and soil-transmitted.
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and Management ... reported in Latin America ... diarrhea, Low-grade fever ... #management #treatment ... #microbiology #