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Fever in Returning Travelers from Tropical Regions - Frequent Differential Diagnoses
Medical History:
 • Skin exposure to
Frequent Differential Diagnoses ... infection Cardinal Symptoms ... localizing signs or symptoms ... melioidosis, typhoid, pulmonary ... #differential #diagnosis
Biphasic Illness of Leptospirosis
Some patients do not progress to severe disease. Others, rapidly develop severe disease
brief interval symptom ... -14 days): • Fever ... diarrhea, cough Immune ... dysfunction) • Pulmonary ... Biphasic #Phases #Diagnosis
Sarcoidosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology
1) High incidence in Scandinavian countries (11-24 cases per 100,000 individuals
and Management ... activity → local immune ... renal failure Clinical ... Pulmonary: dyspnea ... anterior/posterior MSK
Emphysematous Cystitis
Epidemiology:
 • Usually middle-aged diabetic women
 • Other RF: neurogenic bladder, urinary tract outlet obstruction,
urinary catheter and immune ... compromise Clinical ... Signs/Symptoms: ... cystitis, may have fever ... #management
Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome - Overview of IRIS

What Is IRIS?
	• A state of hyperinflammatory response that
noncompliance • Clinical ... initiation Clinical ... - Pneumonitis (fever ... Fever, chills, lack ... #Management
Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis (HLH)
Definition: Overwhelming clinical syndrome associated with excessive macrophage activation and cytokine storm due to
: Overwhelming clinical ... underlying genetic immune ... HLH signs and symptoms ... following: • Fever ... #management #treatment
Aplastic Anemia - Overview

Who?
• M = F
• 3 peaks:	1) Childhood	2) 15-25 years	3) >60 years

What?
• Aplastic anemia
mutations) • Immune ... Aplastic Anemia Clinical ... • Improve the symptoms ... oncology #hematology #diagnosis ... #management
Scurvy (Vitamin C Deficiency) - Diagnosis and Management

Vitamin C is required for hydroxylation of proline residues
Deficiency) - Diagnosis ... and Management ... poor nutrition Clinical ... nonimmune hemolysis MSK ... #Management
Allergic Bronchopulmonary Aspergillosis (ABPA)
WHAT IS IT?
Hypersensitivity response to Aspergillus fumigatus in the airways
 • Primarily affects
WHAT ARE THE CLINICAL ... SYMPTOMS? ... • Low grade fever ... Aspergillosis #ABPA #pulmonary ... #diagnosis #management
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
Progression: (+) Immune ... rest LTBI (-) Immune ... characteristic features Clinical ... Active TB: • Fever ... #Management #Treatment