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Fever in Returning Traveler - ABCDE Mnemonic
A - Adventure - Where did the patient travel? 
B
Traveler - ABCDE ... did the patient travel ... - Time between travel ... Ill Contacts Infectious ... #Traveler #ABCDE
Travel History - Clues to Infectious Disease Diagnosis in a Traveler 
 • Where did you
Travel History - ... Clues to Infectious ... in a Traveler ... Where did you travel ... #Traveler
Fever in Returning Travelers from Tropical Regions - Frequent Differential Diagnoses
Medical History:
 • Skin exposure to
Fever in Returning ... Frequent Differential Diagnoses ... #Traveler #differential ... #diagnosis #tropical ... #travel
Linear Rash in the Returning Traveler - Differential Diagnosis
Infectious:
 • Cutaneous larva migrans
 • Scabies (Sarcoptes
Linear Rash in the Returning ... Traveler - Differential ... Diagnosis Infectious ... Fascioliasis Non-infectious ... #Traveler #Differential
Fever in the Returning Traveler - History
Exposure History:
 • Street foods / Local water: entenc fever,
Fever in the Returning ... Traveler - History ... schistosomiasis, leptospirosis ... #Traveler #History ... #diagnosis #differential
Hypereosinophilia Different Diagnosis and Workup
Secondary causes are broad so start with a med review, the most
Hypereosinophilia Different Diagnosis ... Workup Secondary causes ... the most common cause ... the US, helminth infections ... remember that travel
Fever After International Travel

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

Viral Syndromes:
Arboviral infections, a
International Travel ... international travel ... : • Leptospirosis ... patients who have traveled ... leptospira) #Fever #Travel
Non-Resolving Pneumonias: Etiologies
Unusual Infections:
 - Immunocompromised patients (e.g.: Mycobacterium, Aspergillosis, Nocardia)
 - Endemic Fungi (e.g.: Histoplasmosis,
Etiologies Unusual Infections ... psittaci/avian, leptospirosis ... fever/farm) - Returning ... travelers (e.g. ... NonResolving #Pneumonia #diagnosis
Hemolytic Anemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Hereditary:
 • Peripheral blood smear + DAT + further History
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- Differential Diagnosis ... HTN) • Recent travel ... Fevers, DAT (-) → Infection ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #Algorithm #causes
Differential diagnoses for the neuro-ophthalmologic finding of diplopia.
Neoplastic: 
 • Intraorbital meningioma 
 • Pituitary adenoma
Differential diagnoses ... for the neuro-ophthalmologic ... Microvascular disease Infectious ... lesion of MLF) • Graves ... #Causes #Ophthalmology