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Travel History - Clues to Infectious Disease Diagnosis in a Traveler 
 • Where did you
Travel History - ... Clues to Infectious ... → Leptospirosis ... #differential # ... Diagnosis #Traveler
Fever in Returning Travelers from Tropical Regions - Frequent Differential Diagnoses
Medical History:
 • Skin exposure to
Regions - Frequent Differential ... Diagnoses Medical ... History: • Skin ... #differential # ... diagnosis #tropical
Fever in the Returning Traveler - History
Exposure History:
 • Street foods / Local water: entenc fever,
- History Exposure ... tattoos, piercings, injections ... schistosomiasis, leptospirosis ... #History #diagnosis ... #differential
Ever had a #traveler come in to your clinic with #fever and you were not sure
Ever had a #traveler ... not sure what #infection ... then use your history-taking ... #differentials # ... diagnosis #medicine
Faget Sign - Pulse-Temperature Dissociation
Causes of Relative Bradycardia
 • Infectious Causes: Legionella, Psittacosis, Q fever, Typhoid
Bradycardia • Infectious ... Babesiosis, Malaria, Leptospirosis ... fever • Non-Infectious ... #bradycardia #differential ... #diagnosis #causes
Faget's Sign & Liebermeister's Rule
Pulse-Temperature Dissociation
EVERY 1 F RISE IN TEMPERATURE -> HR INCREASES 8-10 BPM
INFECTIOUS
INCREASES 8-10 BPM INFECTIOUS ... • Malaria • Leptospirosis ... the most likely infection ... #Dissociation #diagnosis ... #differential #
Hypereosinophilia Different Diagnosis and Workup
Secondary causes are broad so start with a med review, the most
Workup Secondary causes ... the most common cause ... the US, helminth infections ... remember that travel ... history!
Epidemiologic Clues to Unusual Pathogens in Pneumonia

#Diagnosis #Pneumonia #History #Pathogens #Clues #Infections #Differential #Atypical
Epidemiologic Clues ... in Pneumonia #Diagnosis ... #Pneumonia #History ... #Pathogens #Clues ... #Infections #Differential
Causes of Relative Bradycardia - Note the propensity for intracellular organisms.
Infectious: 
Legionella, Psittacosis, Q fever, Typhoid
Causes of Relative ... Infectious: Legionella ... Babesiosis, Malaria, Leptospirosis ... #differential # ... diagnosis #infectiousdiseases
Hemolytic Anemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Hereditary:
 • Peripheral blood smear + DAT + further History
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Diagnosis Algorithm ... DAT + further History ... HTN) • Recent travel ... Fevers, DAT (-) → Infection ... #causes