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Travel History - Clues to Infectious Disease Diagnosis in a Traveler 
 • Where did you
Clues to Infectious ... Geographic disease association ... → Leptospirosis ... Herpesvirus B infection ... InfectiousDiseases #Infections
Faget Sign - Pulse-Temperature Dissociation
Causes of Relative Bradycardia
 • Infectious Causes: Legionella, Psittacosis, Q fever, Typhoid
Pulse-Temperature Dissociation ... Bradycardia • Infectious ... Babesiosis, Malaria, Leptospirosis ... fever • Non-Infectious ... #Temperature #Dissociation
Faget's Sign & Liebermeister's Rule
Pulse-Temperature Dissociation
EVERY 1 F RISE IN TEMPERATURE -> HR INCREASES 8-10 BPM
INFECTIOUS
Pulse-Temperature Dissociation ... INCREASES 8-10 BPM INFECTIOUS ... CAUSES • Legionella ... • Malaria • Leptospirosis ... the most likely infection
Fever in Returning Travelers from Tropical Regions - Frequent Differential Diagnoses
Medical History:
 • Skin exposure to
Fever in Returning Travelers ... Schistosomiasis, leptospirosis ... , leptospirosis ... Fever #Returning #Traveler ... diagnosis #tropical #travel
Fever in the Returning Traveler - History
Exposure History:
 • Street foods / Local water: entenc fever,
the Returning Traveler ... entenc fever, travellers ... tattoos, piercings, injections ... schistosomiasis, leptospirosis ... days: malaria, travellers
Causes of Relative Bradycardia - Note the propensity for intracellular organisms.
Infectious: 
Legionella, Psittacosis, Q fever, Typhoid
Causes of Relative ... Infectious: Legionella ... Babesiosis, Malaria, Leptospirosis ... spotted fever, Non-infectious ... #bradycardia #Causes
Adie's Pupil
What? Unknown nature & benign
 • Regular and mildly dilated pupil (4-6mm);
 • Light-near dissociaton;
• Light-near dissociaton ... no light-near dissociation ... • Other causes ... PhysicalExam #neurology #ophthalmology
IDSA Recommendations for Preventing and Treating Bacterial Enteric Infections in HIV-AIDS
Preventing Bacterial Enteric Illness:
 • Antimicrobial
Bacterial Enteric Infections ... • In rare cases ... the region of travel ... Clostridium difficile Infection ... opportunistic #infections
Adie's Pupil on Physical Exam

Adie's pupil is a neurological disorder characterized by a tonically dilated pupil
., light-near dissociation ... It is caused by ... viral or bacterial infection ... which causes inflammation ... clinical #video #ophthalmology
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