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Fever in Returning Travelers from Tropical Regions - Frequent Differential Diagnoses
Medical History:
 • Skin exposure to
Travelers from ... Frequent Differential Diagnoses ... without localizing signs ... #differential #diagnosis ... #tropical #travel
Travel History - Clues to Infectious Disease Diagnosis in a Traveler 
 • Where did you
Disease Diagnosis ... → Leptospirosis ... Rabies, cat scratch fever ... Commercial sex worker ... #differential #Diagnosis
Fever of Unknown Origin (FUO) - Further Workup

 • CNS symptoms? Get an LP and imaging
FUO) - Further Workup ... thin smear • Signs ... values supporting hematologic ... UnknownOrigin #workup ... #diagnosis
Pulmonary Renal Syndromes and Mimics - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Diffuse alveolar hemorrhage + rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis
90%:
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- Differential Diagnosis ... ANCA Associated Vasculitis ... other hemorrhagic fevers ... , Leptospirosis, ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Causes of Fever of Unknown Origin (FUO) - Differential Diagnosis
 • Infection: Extrapulmonary tuberculosis, Abscess, Endocarditis,
- Differential Diagnosis ... • Infection: ... Lemierre's syndrome ... Malignancy: - Hematologic ... . autoimmune): Lupus
Skin Conditions Associated with Joint Pain

Rash
	• Human parvovirus B19 infection

Malar rash
	• SLE
	• Human parvovirus B19 infection
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parvovirus B19 infection ... • Rheumatic fever ... Antiphospholipid-antibody syndrome ... lesions • Discoid lupus ... #differential #diagnosis
Fever Patterns - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Continuous Fever:
Temp > 38°C with only 1 degree fluctuation in 24
Differential Diagnosis ... • Leptospirosis ... Brucellosis Faget's Sign ... • Malaria • Leptospirosis ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Classification of Vasculitis 
Vasculitis of large vessels 
 - Arteritis temporalis (giant-cell arteritis) 
 - Takayasu
malignomas, and infectious ... - systemic lupus ... #Vessels #Diagnosis ... #Rheumatology # ... Diagnosis
Pulmonary Renal Syndrome

Definition: Diffuse alveolar hemorrhage + Glomerulonephritis
Presentation (Pulmonary and renal manifestations can occur weeks apart):
Cough, Dyspnea, Fever ... Differential Diagnosis ... Complex: Systemic lupus ... allopurinol), Infection ... DAH, rule out infection
Non-Resolving Pneumonias: Etiologies
Unusual Infections:
 - Immunocompromised patients (e.g.: Mycobacterium, Aspergillosis, Nocardia)
 - Endemic Fungi (e.g.: Histoplasmosis,
Etiologies Unusual Infections ... psittaci/avian, leptospirosis ... yersinia/rats, Q fever ... ) - Returning travelers ... disorders: - Vasculitis