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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
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
Fever After International Travel

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

Viral Syndromes:
Arboviral infections, a
: • Leptospirosis ... of malaria diagnosed ... renal function • Blood ... a chest film; blood-smear ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Acute Purpura Fulminans Skin Rash on Physical Exam 
60 year old male ITP s/p splenectomy 
1d
Purpura Fulminans Skin ... sick contacts, travel ... Your blood cxs identify ... - BIDMC Infectious ... Rash #clinical #photo
Waterborne Infections - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Infections that can be acquired from fresh water, brackish water, sea
- Differential Diagnosis ... Blooms (HABs) Skin ... filamentous fungi - Cutaneous ... - Rhizopus Leptospirosis ... - And, in rare cases
Sweet Syndrome

Acute febrile neutrophilic dermatosis (Sweets Syndrome) is a skin condition characterized by fever and inflamed
Most common extra cutaneous ... Causes: - Idiopathic ... gastrointestinal infection ... neutrophils in the blood ... #dermatology #oncology
Cryoglobulinemia Summary

Cryoglobulins:
 • Cryoglobulins are Igs in the serum that precipitate in vitro at temperatures below
• They can cause ... - Purpura - Skin ... Cryoglobulins Cause ... Henoch-Schönlein purpura) • Cutaneous ... classification #rheumatology
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
conidia → Yeast → travel ... pulmonary symptoms • Rheumatologic ... • Major blood ... • Cutaneous infection ... have positive blood
Leukemias Overview: ALL, CML, AML, APML, CLL

Acute leukemias > 20% blasts in the peripheral blood smear
-> AML: Blast crises ... violaceous, nontender cutaneous ... CLL -> Invade Skin ... #Leukemia #Hematology ... #Oncology #Diagnosis