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Acute Purpura Fulminans Skin Rash on Physical Exam 
60 year old male ITP s/p splenectomy 
1d
rigors, diarrhea, nausea ... sick contacts, travel ... Vibrio, aeromonas, Capnocytophaga ... BIDMC_IDFellows #Capnocytophaga ... #clinical #photo
Travel History - Clues to Infectious Disease Diagnosis in a Traveler 
 • Where did you
Travel History - ... Clues to Infectious ... Disease Diagnosis ... → Leptospirosis ... #differential #Diagnosis
Capnocytophaga Canimorsus Skin Rash

40 M presents w/ N, V, severe epigastric pain. SHx: smoker, drinks 18
Skin Rash 40 ... dogs & latter can cause ... gram-negative bacillus cause ... the key to the diagnosis ... dermatology #clinical #photo
Biphasic Illness of Leptospirosis
Some patients do not progress to severe disease. Others, rapidly develop severe disease
Biphasic Illness of Leptospirosis ... maculopapular rash ... • Others: nausea ... Questions @WuidQ #Leptospirosis ... Biphasic #Phases #Diagnosis
Acute Schistosomiasis: Katayama Fever
 • Most common in travelers and children
 • "Swimmers Itch" in the
Most common in travelers ... or urticarial rash ... Katayama #Fever #diagnosis ... #clinical #photo
Bradycardia - Differential Diagnosis Framework

BRADI Mnemonic
 • BRASH/Hyperkalemia
 • Reduced oxygen/Glucose/Temp
 • ACS
 • Drugs
 •
- Differential Diagnosis ... Babesiosis • Leptospirosis ... Spondylarthropathies Other causes ... #differential #diagnosis ... #causes #cardiology
Secondary Syphilis Rash
Secondary syphilis is the most contagious of all the stages of this disease, and
Secondary Syphilis Rash ... ▪ “Rash” (75% ... resembling rashes caused ... #Diagnosis #Clinical ... #Photo #Dermatology
Kussmaul's sign in Constrictive Pericarditis 

A 50-year-old woman with a remote history of mediastinal lymphoma (age
on her chest (photo ... the underlying diagnosis ... Causes = RV failure ... pericarditis (this case ... Pericarditis #Cardiology
Fever After International Travel

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

Viral Syndromes:
Arboviral infections, a
Infections: • Leptospirosis ... African tick typhus (caused ... of malaria diagnosed ... culture; rapid diagnostic ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Cutaneous larva migrans skin Rash
25 F recent Caribbean vacation, walked barefoot on sand and now with
larva migrans skin Rash ... . diagnosis? ... may be seen in travelers ... self-limited Diagnosis ... dermatology #clinical #photo