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Travel History - Clues to Infectious Disease Diagnosis in a Traveler 
 • Where did you
Travel History - ... Clues to Infectious ... → Leptospirosis ... Herpesvirus B infection ... InfectiousDiseases #Infections
Differential Diagnosis for Vision Loss
Unilateral, Painful Vision Loss:
 • Corneal abrasion, Acute angle-closure glaucoma, Inflammation-iritis, uveitis,
Loss Unilateral, Painful ... Retro-orbital hematoma, Infection-including ... neuropathy Bilateral, Painful ... differential #diagnosis #causes ... #ophthalmology
Monkeypox

What?
Monkeypox virus belongs to the family Poxviridae, subfamily Chordopoxvirinae, and genus orthopoxvirus
Viral zoonotic disease that is
disease that is caused ... risk factors for infection ... tonsillitis • Painful ... sexually transmitted infections ... Cutaneous bacterial infections
Fever After International Travel

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

Viral Syndromes:
Arboviral infections, a
, a common cause ... : • Leptospirosis ... African tick typhus (caused ... fever - Another cause ... Life-Threatening Causes
Summary of Monkeypox: Current Knowledge as of May 2022
 • What is Monkeypox?
 • Origins of
period (time from infection ... rash often painful ... - Case-fatality ... exposure risk • Infection ... infectiousdiseases #microbiology
Red Eye - Differential Diagnosis Framework

What?
Redness in the eye can be caused by many conditions and
Common Causes: ... Foreign body • Infectious ... • Is the eye painful ... differential #diagnosis #ophthalmology ... #painful #painless
Strongyloides Stercoralis on sputum microscopy
As many suggested this was strongyloides stercoralis hyperinfection syndrome.
Infection is initiated by
Infection is initiated ... by infectious larvae ... penetrate the skin + travel ... Hyperinfection syndrome is caused ... strongyloidiasis #microbiology
Cyclosporiasis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Pathogen: 
 • Cyclospora cayetanensis
 • Foodborne, waterbone, and soil-transmitted.
 •
transmission as zoonotic infection ... International travel ... • Anorexia, Nausea ... management #treatment #microbiology
Causes of Painful Ophthalmoplegia - Differential Diagnosis
 • Trauma
 • Autoimmune:
     1.
Causes of Painful ... arteritis • Infectious ... Tolosa-Hunt syndrome #Painful ... Ophthalmoplegia #Causes ... Differential Diagnosis #ophthalmology