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Travel History - Clues to Infectious Disease Diagnosis in a Traveler 
 • Where did you
Clues to Infectious ... → Leptospirosis ... Rabies, cat scratch fever ... Herpesvirus B infection ... InfectiousDiseases #Infections
Causes of Knee Effusions - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Knee Effusion Red Flags:
1. Fever/Chills/Joint pain/Night sweats/Weight loss
	- DDX:
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Causes of Knee Effusions ... Fever/Chills/Joint ... Infectious Knee ... #Effusions #causes ... differential #diagnosis #msk
Fever After International Travel

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

Viral Syndromes:
Arboviral infections, a
Travel Infectious ... , a common cause ... international travel ... : • Leptospirosis ... African tick typhus (caused
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
: • 1400 new cases ... 10-33% develop MS ... causes need to ... Mycoplasma - Leptospirosis ... Transverse Myelitis Treatment
Syphilis - Clinical Manifestations and Treatment

1) Primary Syphilis
 • Direct lesion contact during sex is responsible
Manifestations and Treatment ... responsible for most cases ... Presentation: Fever ... ulcerated • MSK ... Treatment:
Cyclosporiasis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Pathogen: 
 • Cyclospora cayetanensis
 • Foodborne, waterbone, and soil-transmitted.
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transmission as zoonotic infection ... International travel ... • Anorexia, Nausea ... diarrhea, Low-grade fever ... Treatment: • TMP-SMX-DS
Secondary Syphilis Rash
Secondary syphilis is the most contagious of all the stages of this disease, and
, but without treatment ... , the infection ... ) ▪ Malaise, fever ... resembling rashes caused ... Diagnosis #Clinical #Photo
Iliotibial Band Friction Syndrome - MSK Radiology
Imaging Findings:
 • The iliotibial band (ITB) is thickened with
Friction Syndrome - MSK ... Case description ... • Treatment: Conservative ... image-guided steroid injection ... Radiology #diagnosis #msk
Gout - Diagnosis and Management Summary

3 Conditions for Gout to Manifest:
1. Hyperuricemia
2. Monosodium urate deposition in
forefoot, ankles, knees ... 12-24 Hours • Fever ... Diagnose concomitant infection ... Dual-energy CT → MSU ... • Acute gout treatment
Majocchi’s Granuloma due to Trichophyton rubrum 
This is GMS stain and culture of a skin biopsy
No fever. ... Treatment: Itraconazole ... tissues - mainly caused ... Majocchi granuloma Treatment ... rubrum #clinical #photo