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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
Fever in Returning Traveler - ABCDE Mnemonic
A - Adventure - Where did the patient travel? 
B
Fever in Returning ... B - Body for syndrome ... Undifferentiated fever ... Non-diarrheal), Skin ... Ill Contacts Infectious
Fever Patterns - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Continuous Fever:
Temp > 38°C with only 1 degree fluctuation in 24
Causes: • Still's ... disease • Behcet's syndrome ... • Hyper-IgD syndrome ... • Leptospirosis ... • Malaria • Leptospirosis
Causes of Acute Onset Fever - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Viral:
 • Rhinovirus
 • Influenza Virus
 • Parainfluenza
Causes of Acute ... Onset Fever - Differential ... Meningitis • Skin ... Neuroleptic malignant syndrome ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #causes
Summary of Infections in which Steroids play a role in treatment
 • TB meningitis
 • TB
play a role in treatment ... pericarditis (select cases ... Severe typhoid fever ... • Ramsay Hunt syndrome ... #management #treatment
Fever After International Travel

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

Viral Syndromes:
Arboviral infections, a
Travel Infectious ... region Viral Syndromes ... ; dengue shock syndrome ... capillary leak syndrome ... : • Leptospirosis
Bradycardia - Differential Diagnosis Framework

BRADI Mnemonic
 • BRASH/Hyperkalemia
 • Reduced oxygen/Glucose/Temp
 • ACS
 • Drugs
 •
Drugs • ICP / Infections ... Cimetidine Infections ... Babesiosis • Leptospirosis ... Spondylarthropathies Other causes ... differential #diagnosis #causes
Leg Pain - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Bone/Joint Causes of Leg Pain:
 • Fracture
 • Arthritis
 • Gout/pseudogout
thrombophlebitis Skin ... : • Infection: ... entrapment • Infections ... ulcers - Shiny skin ... pain/swelling - Fever
Causes of Antibiotic Failure - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Diagnosis:
 • Non-Infectious: Malignant, Autoimmune, Drug-related (NMS, serotonin syndrome,
Causes of Antibiotic ... NMS, serotonin syndrome ... Immunocompromise Treatment ... • Secondary to Treatment ... SJS, DIHS, drug fever