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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 ... Hepatitis A/B/C, syphilis
Fever in Returning Travelers from Tropical Regions - Frequent Differential Diagnoses
Medical History:
 • Skin exposure to
Fever in Returning Travelers ... Medical History: • Skin ... • Skin ulcers ... Rickettsioses, bacterial skin ... Fever #Returning #Traveler
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
Fever in the Returning Traveler - History
Exposure History:
 • Street foods / Local water: entenc fever,
the Returning Traveler ... entenc fever, travellers ... tattoos, piercings, injections ... simplex virus [HSV], syphilis ... schistosomiasis, leptospirosis
Causes of Encephalopathy - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Hyperacute:
 - Primary Neurologic: Vascular (IS, ICH), Seizure, Migraine, Trauma
Causes of Encephalopathy ... demyelination), Infectious ... paraneoplastic syndromes ... (syphilis, HIV-associated ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes
Causes of Acute Onset Fever - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Viral:
 • Rhinovirus
 • Influenza Virus
 • Parainfluenza
Causes of Acute ... Meningitis • Skin ... Infection Abscess ... Neuroleptic malignant syndrome ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #causes
MIAMI Mnemonic for Differential Diagnosis of Lymphadenopathy
Malignancies
 - Kaposi sarcoma, leukemias, lymphomas, metastases, skin neoplasms
Infections
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lymphomas, metastases, skin ... neoplasms Infections ... and secondary syphilis ... arthritis, Sjögren syndrome ... sarcoidosis Iatrogenic causes
Genital Skin Ulcers - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Painful:
 • Herpes simplex
 • Haemophilus ducreyi (chancroid)
 • Behcet's
Genital Skin Ulcers ... ) • Behcet's syndrome ... Painless: • Primary syphilis ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #causes
Genital Lesions - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Elevated - Vesicles:
 • Herpes simplex
Elevated - Papules / Plaques -
• Secondary Syphilis ... ) • Reiter's syndrome ... ) • Behcet's syndrome ... Painless • Primary syphilis ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #causes
The Stages of Syphilis 

Primary Syphilis 
- The chancre lesion is the hallmark of primary syphilis.
soles in 50% of cases ... and nephrotic syndrome ... to asymptomatic infection ... roots, causing a syndrome ... granuIomas on skin