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Travel History - Clues to Infectious Disease Diagnosis in a Traveler 
 • Where did you
Disease Diagnosis ... rural → Geographic disease ... → Leptospirosis ... Herpesvirus B infection ... HPI #Interview #InfectiousDiseases
Fever in Returning Travelers from Tropical Regions - Frequent Differential Diagnoses
Medical History:
 • Skin exposure to
Fever in Returning Travelers ... relapsing fever, acute ... melioidosis, typhoid, pulmonary ... eosinophilia - Tropical pulmonary ... , Lassa fever, acute
Cavitary Lung Disease - Differential Diagnosis and Workup Algorithm
Acute / Subacute:
 • Acute Infections: Lung abscess,
Diagnosis and Workup Algorithm ... Acute / Subacute ... : • Acute Infections ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm ... #lesion #pulmonary
Infections Rats can Transmit to Humans
Other infections not highlighted include Lassa fever, Plague, Salmonella, Tularemia etc

Rat
Infections Rats ... Humans Other infections ... Choriomeningitis Virus - Leptospirosis ... AnnKumfer #Rats #Diseases ... Transmissible #InfectiousDiseases
Non-Resolving Pneumonias: Etiologies
Unusual Infections:
 - Immunocompromised patients (e.g.: Mycobacterium, Aspergillosis, Nocardia)
 - Endemic Fungi (e.g.: Histoplasmosis,
Etiologies Unusual Infections ... psittaci/avian, leptospirosis ... ) - Returning travelers ... Eosinophilic PNA (acute ... Others: - Pulmonary
Rapidly Growing Mycobacterial Infections

 • Mycobacterium abscessus - Is the most pathogenic and the most likely
likely to cause pulmonary ... infection. ... underlying lung disease ... as disseminated disease ... #differential #infectiousdiseases
Pulmonary Renal Syndromes and Mimics - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Diffuse alveolar hemorrhage + rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis
90%:
 -
Pulmonary Renal ... : Hantavirus infection ... hemorrhagic fevers, Leptospirosis ... , mitral valve disease ... Kumfer @AnnKumfer #Pulmonary
Causes of Acute Onset Fever - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Viral:
 • Rhinovirus
 • Influenza Virus
 • Parainfluenza
Causes of Acute ... Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Septic Shock Acute ... • Sickle Cell disease ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm
3 Stages of Lyme Disease 
Early Lyme Disease 
 - Erythema migrans 
 - Constitutional symptoms
Stages of Lyme Disease ... Early Lyme Disease ... Gastrointestinal symptoms Acute ... Disseminated Infection ... #Stages #InfectiousDiseases
Fever Patterns - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Continuous Fever:
Temp > 38°C with only 1 degree fluctuation in 24
pneumonia • Acute ... • Acute bacterial ... Dengue fever • Leptospirosis ... • Malaria • Leptospirosis ... abscess • Sub-acute