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Travel History - Clues to Infectious Disease Diagnosis in a Traveler 
 • Where did you
Clues to Infectious ... Disease Diagnosis ... → Leptospirosis ... Schistosomiasis • Skin ... Blood transfusion
Thrombocytosis - Differential Diagnosis
Platelet Count > 450
Reactive:
 • Anemia/blood loss (Fe deficiency)
 • Infection/Sepsis
 • Non-infectious
- Differential Diagnosis ... Reactive: • Anemia ... /blood loss (Fe ... deficiency) • Infection ... #causes #Platelets
Hemolytic Anemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Hereditary:
 • Peripheral blood smear + DAT + further History
 •
- Differential Diagnosis ... • Peripheral blood ... HTN) • Recent travel ... Fevers, DAT (-) → Infection ... #Algorithm #causes
Skin Ulcers by Etiology - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Physical:
 • Trauma
 • Pressure
 • Radiation
Vascular:
 • Arterial
Skin Ulcers by Etiology ... Mycosis fungoides (cutaneous ... • Sickle Cell Anemia ... Cryoglobulinemia Infectious ... #Algorithm #causes
Cold Agglutinin Disease

3 Types of Cold Sensitive Antibodies:
  1. Cold Agglutinins (CAD)
  2. Donath-Landsteiner
presentation) • Cutaneous ... anemia • Cold ... Immunoglobulin M (IgM) • Blood ... sensitize red blood ... #hematology #diagnosis
Fever After International Travel

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

Viral Syndromes:
Arboviral infections, a
: • Leptospirosis ... No hemolytic anemia ... of malaria diagnosed ... renal function • Blood ... a chest film; blood-smear
Purpura - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Non-blanchable, dark red to purple, hemorrhagic skin lesions that result from leakage
- Differential Diagnosis ... purple, hemorrhagic skin ... - Hemolytic anemia ... SLE) - Viral infections ... #hematology #rheumatology
Eosinophil Disorders Testing Algorithm
INDICATIONS FOR TESTING:
 • Peripheral blood eosinophilia/hypereosinophilia uncovered incidentally during medical evaluation or
• Peripheral blood ... for secondary causes ... symptoms (eg, skin ... #Differential #diagnosis ... #hematology #eosinophilia
Cutaneous larva migrans skin Rash
25 F recent Caribbean vacation, walked barefoot on sand and now with
with creepy rash. diagnosis ... may be seen in travelers ... self-limited Diagnosis ... Indiana University Infectious ... dermatology #clinical #photo
Cutaneous Mucormycosis Eschar
30 M HIV cd4 10 VL 30k traumatic injury of arm few months ago
Diagnosis? ... trauma, aplastic anemia ... hyphae invading blood ... Indiana University Infectious ... #clinical #photo