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Fever in Returning Travelers from Tropical Regions - Frequent Differential Diagnoses
Medical History:
 • Skin exposure to
Travelers from ... Medical History: • Skin ... • Skin ulcers ... Rickettsioses, bacterial skin ... #Returning #Traveler
Travel History - Clues to Infectious Disease Diagnosis in a Traveler 
 • Where did you
Clues to Infectious ... → Leptospirosis ... Schistosomiasis • Skin ... Rabies, cat scratch fever ... Herpesvirus B infection
Non-Resolving Pneumonias: Etiologies
Unusual Infections:
 - Immunocompromised patients (e.g.: Mycobacterium, Aspergillosis, Nocardia)
 - Endemic Fungi (e.g.: Histoplasmosis,
Etiologies Unusual Infections ... psittaci/avian, leptospirosis ... yersinia/rats, Q fever ... ) - Returning travelers ... polyangiitis, microscopic
Fever After International Travel

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

Viral Syndromes:
Arboviral infections, a
Travel Infectious ... , a common cause ... : • Leptospirosis ... Life-Threatening Causes ... dipstick test, microscopic
Vibrio Vulnificus skin infection
Cirrhosis w/recent consumption of raw oysters w/rapidly evolving rash. 
Vibrio vulnificus part of
Vibrio Vulnificus skin ... infection Cirrhosis ... Rapid onset of fever ... Vibrio #Vulnificus #skin ... legs #clinical #photo
Leg Pain - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Bone/Joint Causes of Leg Pain:
 • Fracture
 • Arthritis
 • Gout/pseudogout
thrombophlebitis Skin ... : • Infection: ... entrapment • Infections ... pain/swelling - Fever ... extremity #msk #physicalexam
Causes of Petechial Rash - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Pinpoint areas (less than 2 mm) of hemorrhage, which
Causes of Petechial ... Red Flags: • Fever ... Sjogren's, GPA, EGPA, Microscopic ... cryoglobulins • Skin ... #dermatology #physicalexam
Sweet Syndrome

Acute febrile neutrophilic dermatosis (Sweets Syndrome) is a skin condition characterized by fever and inflamed
characterized by fever ... Causes: - Idiopathic ... Upper respiratory infection ... gastrointestinal infection ... : - Biopsy - Microscopic
Strongyloides Stercoralis on sputum microscopy
As many suggested this was strongyloides stercoralis hyperinfection syndrome.
Infection is initiated by
by infectious larvae ... penetrating the skin ... penetrate the skin ... + travel through ... Hyperinfection syndrome is caused
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