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Travel History - Clues to Infectious Disease Diagnosis in a Traveler 
 • Where did you
Clues to Infectious ... → Leptospirosis ... Schistosomiasis • Skin ... Herpesvirus B infection ... #differential #
Fever in Returning Travelers from Tropical Regions - Frequent Differential Diagnoses
Medical History:
 • Skin exposure to
Fever in Returning Travelers ... Regions - Frequent Differential ... Medical History: • Skin ... • Skin ulcers ... #differential #
Fever in Returning Traveler - ABCDE Mnemonic
A - Adventure - Where did the patient travel? 
B
Fever in Returning Traveler ... did the patient travel ... B - Body for syndrome ... Non-diarrheal), Skin ... Ill Contacts Infectious
Pulmonary Renal Syndromes and Mimics - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Diffuse alveolar hemorrhage + rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis
90%:
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and Mimics - Differential ... Myositis MIMICS: - Infections ... : Hantavirus infection ... hemorrhagic fevers, Leptospirosis ... #Mimics #Differential
Fever in the Returning Traveler - History
Exposure History:
 • Street foods / Local water: entenc fever,
the Returning Traveler ... entenc fever, travellers ... tattoos, piercings, injections ... schistosomiasis, leptospirosis ... History #diagnosis #differential
Causes of Acute Onset Fever - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Viral:
 • Rhinovirus
 • Influenza Virus
 • Parainfluenza
Causes of Acute ... Onset Fever - Differential ... Meningitis • Skin ... Neuroleptic malignant syndrome ... #Fever #Acute #Differential
Faget Sign - Pulse-Temperature Dissociation
Causes of Relative Bradycardia
 • Infectious Causes: Legionella, Psittacosis, Q fever, Typhoid
Dissociation Causes ... Bradycardia • Infectious ... Babesiosis, Malaria, Leptospirosis ... fever • Non-Infectious ... #bradycardia #differential
Rapidly Growing Mycobacterial Infections

 • Mycobacterium abscessus - Is the most pathogenic and the most likely
most likely to cause ... Primary skin and ... It can also cause ... Reported cases associated ... Mycobacterium #diagnosis #differential
Faget's Sign & Liebermeister's Rule
Pulse-Temperature Dissociation
EVERY 1 F RISE IN TEMPERATURE -> HR INCREASES 8-10 BPM
INFECTIOUS
INCREASES 8-10 BPM INFECTIOUS ... • Malaria • Leptospirosis ... the most likely infection ... help hone your differential ... Dissociation #diagnosis #differential
Leg Pain - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Bone/Joint Causes of Leg Pain:
 • Fracture
 • Arthritis
 • Gout/pseudogout
Leg Pain - Differential ... thrombophlebitis Skin ... : • Infection: ... entrapment • Infections ... #Leg #pain #differential