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Fever in Returning Travelers from Tropical Regions - Frequent Differential Diagnoses
Medical History:
 • Skin exposure to
Travelers from ... Frequent Differential Diagnoses ... Medical History: • Skin ... without localizing signs ... #differential #diagnosis
Fever in Returning Traveler - ABCDE Mnemonic
A - Adventure - Where did the patient travel? 
B
Fever in Returning ... B - Body for syndrome ... Undifferentiated fever ... Non-diarrheal), Skin ... Mnemonic #history #diagnosis
Fever of Unknown Origin (FUO) - Further Workup

 • CNS symptoms? Get an LP and imaging
Fever of Unknown ... Refer to your ‘Fever ... thin smear • Signs ... values supporting hematologic ... UnknownOrigin #workup #diagnosis
Travel History - Clues to Infectious Disease Diagnosis in a Traveler 
 • Where did you
Infectious Disease Diagnosis ... → Leptospirosis ... Schistosomiasis • Skin ... Rabies, cat scratch fever ... #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
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
Sweet Syndrome

Acute febrile neutrophilic dermatosis (Sweets Syndrome) is a skin condition characterized by fever and inflamed
characterized by fever ... Episcleritis Signs ... , breast CA - Hematologic ... Leukemia cutis Diagnosis ... #diagnosis #dermatology
Skin Conditions Associated with Joint Pain

Rash
	• Human parvovirus B19 infection

Malar rash
	• SLE
	• Human parvovirus B19 infection
	•
Skin Conditions ... • Rheumatic fever ... Antiphospholipid-antibody syndrome ... #differential #diagnosis ... #rheumatology
Nikolsky's Sign in Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis (TEN)

Nikolsky's sign is a clinical dermatological sign which is present
rubbing of the skin ... Stevens-Johnson Syndrome ... syndrome, caused ... differentiating between the diagnosis ... #TEN #Dermatology
Symptoms and signs of Leptospirosis
Acute phase:
 - Fever and headache
 - Conjunctival suffusion, jaundice, and photophobia
Symptoms and signs ... of Leptospirosis ... Acute phase: - Fever ... Muscle pain - Skin ... #diagnosis #phases