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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
Frequent Differential Diagnoses ... relapsing fever, acute ... , Lassa fever, acute ... Fever #Returning #Traveler ... #tropical #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
Acute Purpura Fulminans Skin Rash on Physical Exam 
60 year old male ITP s/p splenectomy 
1d
Acute Purpura Fulminans ... rigors, diarrhea, nausea ... sick contacts, travel ... - BIDMC Infectious ... Rash #clinical #photo
Algorithm for the Evaluation of Acute Diarrhea (< 7 days)
Are the following present?
   1.
Evaluation of Acute ... Travel to endemic ... HIV infection or ... #Diarrhea #management ... algorithm #workup #diagnosis
Cyclosporiasis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Pathogen: 
 • Cyclospora cayetanensis
 • Foodborne, waterbone, and soil-transmitted.
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and Management ... transmission as zoonotic infection ... International travel ... • Anorexia, Nausea ... #management #treatment
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
conidia → Yeast → travel ... presents with acute ... to 12 weeks for acute ... Chronic, subacute to acute ... #Management #Infections
Acute Mountain Sickness - High Altitude
Incidence varies - rate increases with altitude and rate of ascent
Acute Mountain Sickness ... 5% with rapid travel ... DeLoughery @Bloodman #Acute ... Altitude #AMS #diagnosis ... #management
Filariasis - Wuchereria bancrofti
30 yo F from India presents w/ painless immobile firm mass on the
any trauma or travel ... Filariasis caused ... The acute phase ... Indiana University Infectious ... bancrofti #clinical #photo