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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 ... • Abdominal pain ... #differential #diagnosis
Travel History - Clues to Infectious Disease Diagnosis in a Traveler 
 • Where did you
Disease Diagnosis ... rural → Geographic disease ... → Leptospirosis ... Schistosomiasis • Skin ... Rabies, cat scratch fever
Fever in Returning Traveler - ABCDE Mnemonic
A - Adventure - Where did the patient travel? 
B
B - Body for syndrome ... Non-diarrheal), Skin ... Ill Contacts Infectious ... Diseases Fellows ... Mnemonic #history #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
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 ... #joint #pain #skin ... #differential #diagnosis
Fever of Unknown Origin (FUO) - Further Workup

 • CNS symptoms? Get an LP and imaging
Fever of Unknown ... thin smear • Signs ... Clinical findings of PAN ... 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 ... : Hantavirus infection ... other hemorrhagic fevers ... , Leptospirosis, ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Causes of Acute Onset Fever - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Viral:
 • Rhinovirus
 • Influenza Virus
 • Parainfluenza
- Differential Diagnosis ... Meningitis • Skin ... Neuroleptic malignant syndrome ... • Sickle Cell disease ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Causes of Fever of Unknown Origin (FUO) - Differential Diagnosis
 • Infection: Extrapulmonary tuberculosis, Abscess, Endocarditis,
- Differential Diagnosis ... • Infection: ... Lemierre's syndrome ... Malignancy: - Hematologic ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Sweet Syndrome

Acute febrile neutrophilic dermatosis (Sweets Syndrome) is a skin condition characterized by fever and inflamed
with systemic disease ... Episcleritis Signs ... malaise) - Muscle pain ... Inflammation and pain ... #diagnosis #dermatology