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Travel History - Clues to Infectious Disease Diagnosis in a Traveler 
 • Where did you
Disease Diagnosis ... rural → Geographic disease ... → Leptospirosis ... InfectiousDiseases #Infections ... #differential #Diagnosis
Fever in Returning Travelers from Tropical Regions - Frequent Differential Diagnoses
Medical History:
 • Skin exposure to
Fever in Returning Travelers ... Frequent Differential Diagnoses ... melioidosis, typhoid, pulmonary ... eosinophilia - Tropical pulmonary ... #differential #diagnosis
Rodent-associated Bacterial infections: Leptospirosis, Rat-bite fever, Tularemia, Plague 

#rodent
#infections
#leptospirosis
#tularemia
#ratbitefever
#plague
#rats
#infectiousdisease
#fever
#differential
#diagnosis
#management
#treatment
#table
: Leptospirosis, ... #leptospirosis ... differential #diagnosis ... #management # ... treatment #table
Pulmonary Renal Syndromes and Mimics - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Diffuse alveolar hemorrhage + rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis
90%:
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Pulmonary Renal ... - Differential Diagnosis ... hemorrhagic fevers, Leptospirosis ... Kumfer @AnnKumfer #Pulmonary ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Non-Resolving Pneumonias: Etiologies
Unusual Infections:
 - Immunocompromised patients (e.g.: Mycobacterium, Aspergillosis, Nocardia)
 - Endemic Fungi (e.g.: Histoplasmosis,
Etiologies Unusual Infections ... psittaci/avian, leptospirosis ... ) - Returning travelers ... Others: - Pulmonary ... NonResolving #Pneumonia #diagnosis
Leptospirosis
Pathogen: Leptospira (interrogans, kirschneri, noguchii)
Risk Factors:
 • Occupational exposure - Farmers, ranchers, trappers, veterinarians
 • Recreational
Leptospirosis Pathogen ... failure • Severe pulmonary ... disease ARDS Diagnosis ... #microbiology #diagnosis ... #treatment #management
Infections Rats can Transmit to Humans
Other infections not highlighted include Lassa fever, Plague, Salmonella, Tularemia etc

Rat
Infections Rats ... Choriomeningitis Virus - Leptospirosis ... AnnKumfer #Rats #Diseases ... InfectiousDiseases #Diagnosis ... #Management #Rodents
Extraintestinal manifestations of Crohn’s disease
Dermatological: Aphthous stomatitis, Erythema nodosum, Psoriasis, Pyoderma gangrenosum
Vascular: Portal hypertension, Thromboembolism, Thrombosis,
manifestations of Crohn’s disease ... Thromboembolism, Thrombosis, Pulmonary ... sleep apnea, Chest infections ... #IBD #diagnosis ... #gastroenterology
IBD Mimics
Infectious - Always RULE OUT infection (CMV, C. diff esp.) obtain travel & exposures history:
diff esp.) obtain travel ... intestine: Behcet's disease ... inflammatroy #bowel #disease ... #differential #diagnosis ... #gastroenterology
Adult-Onset Still's Disease
Clinical triad: Fever, Arthralgia/arthritis, Skin rash ± odynophagia
+ Biological inflammation: Increased neutrophils, Hyperferritinemia, decreased
Adult-Onset Still's Disease ... Differential Diaqnoses ... : • Infectious ... hepatitis • Pulmonary ... #diagnosis #management