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Travel History - Clues to Infectious Disease Diagnosis in a Traveler 
 • Where did you
Travel History - ... in a Traveler ... Where did you travel ... uw_IMresidency #Travel ... #Traveler
Fever in Returning Traveler - ABCDE Mnemonic
A - Adventure - Where did the patient travel? 
B
Traveler - ABCDE ... did the patient travel ... B - Body for syndrome ... - Time between travel ... #Returning #Traveler
Fever in Returning Travelers from Tropical Regions - Frequent Differential Diagnoses
Medical History:
 • Skin exposure to
Frequent Differential Diagnoses ... without localizing signs ... #Returning #Traveler ... #differential #diagnosis ... #tropical #travel
Fever of Unknown Origin (FUO) - Further Workup

 • CNS symptoms? Get an LP and imaging
• Returning traveler ... in a Returning Traveler ... algorithm • Travel ... geography • Travel ... thin smear • Signs
Fever in the Returning Traveler - History
Exposure History:
 • Street foods / Local water: entenc fever,
Traveler - History ... tattoos, piercings, injections ... schistosomiasis, leptospirosis ... #Returning #Traveler ... #History #diagnosis
Fever After International Travel

Infectious Disease:
• Endemic in either the destination or home region

Viral Syndromes:
Arboviral infections, a
Travel Infectious ... international travel ... : • Leptospirosis ... patients who have traveled ... #Travel #Differential
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
Approach to Eosinophilic Lung Diseases
 • Acute Eosinophilic Pneumonia (< 1 wk) - ~30yo, M; Recent
Hypereosinophilic Syndrome ... loss; CV, CNS, skin ... • Infectious ( ... Fungal, parasites; Travel ... #differential #diagnosis
Erythematous Rashes - THE ALGORITHMIC APPROACH

Characterized by diffuse redness of the skin due to
capillary congestion, erythematous
redness of the skin ... staphylococcal scalded skin ... syndrome (SSS) ... and toxic shock syndrome ... #Diagnosis #Dermatology
Skin Conditions Associated with Joint Pain

Rash
	• Human parvovirus B19 infection

Malar rash
	• SLE
	• Human parvovirus B19 infection
	•
parvovirus B19 infection ... parvovirus B19 infection ... • Rheumatic fever ... Antiphospholipid-antibody syndrome ... #differential #diagnosis