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Fever in Returning Traveler - ABCDE Mnemonic
A - Adventure - Where did the patient travel? 
B
B - Body for syndrome ... Non-diarrheal), Skin ... exposures to onset of symptoms ... Contacts Infectious Diseases ... Mnemonic #history #diagnosis
Fever in Returning Travelers from Tropical Regions - Frequent Differential Diagnoses
Medical History:
 • Skin exposure to
Travelers from ... Frequent Differential Diagnoses ... infection Cardinal Symptoms ... localizing signs or symptoms ... #differential #diagnosis
Fever of Unknown Origin (FUO) - Further Workup

 • CNS symptoms? Get an LP and imaging
FUO) - Further Workup ... • CNS symptoms ... values supporting hematologic ... UnknownOrigin #workup ... #diagnosis
Travel History - Clues to Infectious Disease Diagnosis in a Traveler 
 • Where did you
Diagnosis in a ... → Leptospirosis ... Schistosomiasis • Skin ... Rabies, cat scratch fever ... Commercial sex worker
Skin Conditions Associated with Joint Pain

Rash
	• Human parvovirus B19 infection

Malar rash
	• SLE
	• Human parvovirus B19 infection
	•
infection • Lyme disease ... • Rheumatic fever ... Antiphospholipid-antibody syndrome ... #differential #diagnosis ... #rheumatology
Sweet Syndrome

Acute febrile neutrophilic dermatosis (Sweets Syndrome) is a skin condition characterized by fever and inflamed
with systemic disease ... symptoms by days ... , breast CA - Hematologic ... Treatment: - Systemic ... #diagnosis #dermatology
Lyme Disease: Clinical diagnosis. Likely if recent hiking, travel to endemic area, erythema migrans (EM), an
diagnosis. ... recent hiking, travel ... Treatment is doxycycline ... skin, joints, or ... #Symptoms #Early
Eosinophil Disorders Testing Algorithm
INDICATIONS FOR TESTING:
 • Peripheral blood eosinophilia/hypereosinophilia uncovered incidentally during medical evaluation or
evaluation or workup ... glucocorticoid treatment ... (eg, skin or esophageal ... #Differential #diagnosis ... #hematology #eosinophilia
Erythematous Rashes - THE ALGORITHMIC APPROACH

Characterized by diffuse redness of the skin due to
capillary congestion, erythematous
redness of the skin ... syndrome (SSS) ... includes Kawasaki disease ... and toxic shock syndrome ... #Diagnosis #Dermatology
Cold Urticaria
Prevalence - 0.05% in the population
Disease onset - Mostly 2nd to 4th decades of life
Causes
and duration of symptoms ... angioedema Other symptoms ... - Headache, fever ... Cold #Urticaria #diagnosis ... #rheumatology #