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Travel History - Clues to Infectious Disease Diagnosis in a Traveler 
 • Where did you
Travel History - ... Clues to Infectious ... Diagnosis in a Traveler ... Where did you travel ... #Diagnosis #Traveler
Fever in Returning Travelers from Tropical Regions - Frequent Differential Diagnoses
Medical History:
 • Skin exposure to
Fever in Returning Travelers ... Medical History: • Skin ... • Skin ulcers ... Fever #Returning #Traveler ... diagnosis #tropical #travel
Rapidly Growing Mycobacterial Infections

 • Mycobacterium abscessus - Is the most pathogenic and the most likely
Mycobacterium abscessus ... most likely to cause ... Primary skin and ... It can also cause ... #differential #infectiousdiseases
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
Lower Urinary Tract Infections: Complications
 - Infection damages the urinary tract epithelium causing fibroblast proliferation and
Urinary Tract Infections ... Complications - Infection ... Bacteria gain access ... bacteria from urethra travel ... urea which may cause
Ulcerative Blastomycosis Skin Lesion
57 asymptomatic M from Indiana nonpruritic, painless, progressive skin lesion lower back x
Blastomycosis Skin ... painless, progressive skin ... Denies any travel ... Indiana University Infectious ... dermatology #clinical #photo
Acute Purpura Fulminans Skin Rash on Physical Exam 
60 year old male ITP s/p splenectomy 
1d
Purpura Fulminans Skin ... rigors, diarrhea, nausea ... sick contacts, travel ... - BIDMC Infectious ... Rash #clinical #photo
Causes of Culture Negative Abscess - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Consider prior antibiotics as a cause of a
Causes of Culture ... Negative Abscess ... antibiotics as a cause ... Toxoplasmosis, Entamoeba Skin ... Differential #Diagnosis #InfectiousDiseases
Waterborne Infections - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Infections that can be acquired from fresh water, brackish water, sea
Blooms (HABs) Skin ... (Mycobacteria abscessus ... - Rhizopus Leptospirosis ... - And, in rare cases ... Differential #Diagnosis #InfectiousDiseases
Strongyloides Stercoralis on sputum microscopy
As many suggested this was strongyloides stercoralis hyperinfection syndrome.
Infection is initiated by
by infectious larvae ... penetrating the skin ... + travel through ... intestinal mucosa and travel ... Hyperinfection syndrome is caused