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==Background== | |||
# meningococcemia, malaria, leptospirosis, rickettsia- all treatable with abx | # meningococcemia, malaria, leptospirosis, rickettsia- all treatable with abx | ||
# also untreatable viruses- dengue, yellow fvr- but hem forms rarely seen in travelers | # also untreatable viruses- dengue, yellow fvr- but hem forms rarely seen in travelers | ||
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# h/o visit to rural area or contact with ill people in endemic area | # h/o visit to rural area or contact with ill people in endemic area | ||
# usually 3 wk after exposure | # usually 3 wk after exposure | ||
==Differential Diagnosis== | |||
{{Template:Fever in Traveler DDX}} | |||
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Revisión del 20:33 26 mar 2014
Background
- meningococcemia, malaria, leptospirosis, rickettsia- all treatable with abx
- also untreatable viruses- dengue, yellow fvr- but hem forms rarely seen in travelers
- also consider Ebola and Lassa fever- public health hazard
- h/o visit to rural area or contact with ill people in endemic area
- usually 3 wk after exposure
Differential Diagnosis
Fever in traveler
- Normal causes of acute fever!
- Malaria
- Dengue
- Leptospirosis
- Typhoid fever
- Typhus
- Viral hemorrhagic fevers
- Chikungunya
- Yellow fever
- Rift valley fever
- Q fever
- Amebiasis
- Zika virus