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Travel History - Clues to Infectious Disease Diagnosis in a Traveler 
 • Where did you
Clues to Infectious ... Disease Diagnosis ... → Leptospirosis ... Herpesvirus B infection ... #differential #Diagnosis
Fever in Returning Travelers from Tropical Regions - Frequent Differential Diagnoses
Medical History:
 • Skin exposure to
Fever in Returning Travelers ... Frequent Differential Diagnoses ... melioidosis, typhoid, pulmonary ... eosinophilia - Tropical pulmonary ... #differential #diagnosis
Fever in Returning Traveler - ABCDE Mnemonic
A - Adventure - Where did the patient travel? 
B
Fever in Returning Traveler ... did the patient travel ... fever illness, Respiratory ... Ill Contacts Infectious ... Mnemonic #history #diagnosis
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
Stridor - Differential Diagnosis Framework:
High-pitched, variable respiratory sound

ETIOLOGIES:
Infectious:
 • Retropharyngeal abscess
 • Acute epiglottitis
 • Peritonsillar
- Differential Diagnosis ... High-pitched, variable respiratory ... ETIOLOGIES: Infectious ... #causes #pulmonary ... #airway #physicalexam
Non-Resolving Pneumonias: Etiologies
Unusual Infections:
 - Immunocompromised patients (e.g.: Mycobacterium, Aspergillosis, Nocardia)
 - Endemic Fungi (e.g.: Histoplasmosis,
Etiologies Unusual Infections ... psittaci/avian, leptospirosis ... ) - Returning travelers ... Others: - Pulmonary ... NonResolving #Pneumonia #diagnosis
Clinical Examination of the Respiratory System

#Respiratory #PhysicalExam #Pulmonary #Diagnosis #Signs #Assessment #Examination
Examination of the Respiratory ... System #Respiratory ... #PhysicalExam # ... Pulmonary #Diagnosis
Respiratory Breathing Patterns and Causes

#Breathing #Respiratory #Patterns #Kussmaul #CheyneStokes #Diagnosis #Pulmonary
Respiratory Breathing ... Patterns and Causes ... #Breathing #Respiratory ... #CheyneStokes #Diagnosis ... #Pulmonary
Faget Sign - Pulse-Temperature Dissociation
Causes of Relative Bradycardia
 • Infectious Causes: Legionella, Psittacosis, Q fever, Typhoid
Bradycardia • Infectious ... Babesiosis, Malaria, Leptospirosis ... fever • Non-Infectious ... #differential #diagnosis ... #causes
Rapidly Growing Mycobacterial Infections

 • Mycobacterium abscessus - Is the most pathogenic and the most likely
most likely to cause ... pulmonary infection ... It can also cause ... Reported cases associated ... Mycobacterium #diagnosis