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Travel History - Clues to Infectious Disease Diagnosis in a Traveler 
 • Where did you
Infectious Disease Diagnosis ... → Leptospirosis ... Schistosomiasis • Skin ... Rabies, cat scratch fever ... Blood transfusion
Approach to Eosinophilic Lung Diseases
 • Acute Eosinophilic Pneumonia (< 1 wk) - ~30yo, M; Recent
cough, SOB • Chronic ... loss; CV, CNS, skin ... Fungal, parasites; Travel ... #differential #diagnosis ... #comparison #table
TRALI vs TACO - Transfusion Reactions
TRALI:
 • Epidemiology: 0.1% of transfused patientsl
 • Risk factors: Critical
- Transfusion Reactions ... of high parity blood ... explain symptoms • Fever ... #hematology #diagnosis ... #comparison #table
Blood Transfusion Reactions

Immune Mediated:
 • Febrile Non-Hemolytic Transfusion Reaction (FNHTR): Most common immune reaction to transfusion.
S/sx: Fever, flank ... Sx include: fever ... infections with skin ... #Transfusion #diagnosis ... #management #hematology
Cold Urticaria
Prevalence - 0.05% in the population
Disease onset - Mostly 2nd to 4th decades of life
Causes
symptoms - Headache, fever ... Atopic diseases, Chronic ... Cold #Urticaria #diagnosis ... #rheumatology # ... comparison #table
Blood Product Transfusions One Pager Summary
Type and screen - determines blood type and detects in recipient
S/sx: Fever, flank ... Sx include: fever ... infections with skin ... #Transfusions #diagnosis ... #management #hematology
Sweet Syndrome

Acute febrile neutrophilic dermatosis (Sweets Syndrome) is a skin condition characterized by fever and inflamed
, breast CA - Hematologic ... Leukemia cutis Diagnosis ... neutrophils in the blood ... Sweet #Syndrome #diagnosis ... #dermatology #oncology
Leukemias Overview: ALL, CML, AML, APML, CLL

Acute leukemias > 20% blasts in the peripheral blood smear
Headaches, bone pain, fever ... Lymphadenopathy • HSM • Fevers ... CLL -> Invade Skin ... #Leukemia #Hematology ... #Oncology #Diagnosis
Erythemas Summarized
Erythema ab igne
 • A dermatosis that results from repeated exposure to heat (fires, heating
skin condition ... skin condition, ... PrathitKulkarni #Erythemas #comparison ... #differential #diagnosis ... #dermatology #compared
Fever After International Travel

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

Viral Syndromes:
Arboviral infections, a
Infections: • Leptospirosis ... cases of malaria diagnosed ... renal function • Blood ... polymerase-chain-reaction ... a chest film; blood-smear