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==General==
==General==
*If incubation period >1 month: dengue, rickettsia, viral hemorrhagic fever less likely
*If incubation period >1 month: dengue, rickettsia, viral hemorrhagic fever less likely
*CBC with differential; thick smear; liver function tests; urinalysis; blood & stool cultures; chest x-ray; serologies for specific viruses


==Differential Diagnosis==
==Differential Diagnosis==
'''General'''
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==Fever + CNS Changes==
===Fever with CNS Changes===
*malaria, tuberculosis, typhoid fever, rickettsia, poliomyelitis, rabies, viral (Japanese/ West Nile/ tick borne) encephalitis
*[[Malaria]],
*meningococcal meningitis associated with Haj to Mecca
*[[Tuberculosis]]
*eosinophilic meningitis associated with coccidiomycosis or angiostrongyliasis (rat lung worm to brain)
*[[Typhoid fever]]
*trypanosomiasis by tsetse fly = Africal sleeping sickness = red chancre at site of fly bite, fever, headache, myalgias proceding to meningoencephalitis. May see trypansosomes in smear in acute phase
*[[Rickettsia]]
*[[Poliomyelitis]]
*[[Rabies]]
*Viral (Japanese/ West Nile/ tick borne) encephalitis
*Meningococcal meningitis (associated with Haj to Mecca)
*Eosinophilic meningitis  
**Associated with coccidiomycosis or angiostrongyliasis (rat lung worm to brain)
*[[Trypanosomiasis]] (African sleeping sickness)


==Fever + Respiratory Symptoms==
===Fever and Respiratory Symptoms===
*streptococcal pneumonia, influenza, mycoplasma, legionella, tuberculosis
*[[Pneumonia]]
*Q fever: ''coxiella burnetti'': fever, pneumonia, hepatitis after animal exposure
*[[Influenza]]
*Loffler's syndrome: pulmonary infiltrates, eosinophilia from transient migration of larval helminthes through lungs
*[[Mycoplasma]]
*cough also seen in malaria, typhoid fever, scrub typhus, dengue
*[[Legionella]]
*[[Tuberculosis]]
*[[Q fever]] ''coxiella burnetti''
*[[Loffler's syndrome]]


==Sexually Transmitted / Blood Exposure and Fever==
 
*can have fever without genital findings: HIV, syphilis (''Treponema pallidum'') cytomegalovirus (CMV), Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV), hepatitis B
===Fever with Sexual/Blood Exposure===
*also from tattoos, piercings, share razor, blood transfusion
*[[HIV]]
*[[Syphilis]] (''Treponema pallidum'')  
*Cytomegalovirus (CMV)
*Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV)
*Hepatitis B
 
==Workup==
'''Always consider malaria'''
*CBC with differential
*thick and thin smear
*liver function tests
*urinalysis
*blood & stool cultures;
*chest x-ray
*serologies for specific viruses


==See Also==
==See Also==

Revisión del 17:03 12 sep 2014

General

  • If incubation period >1 month: dengue, rickettsia, viral hemorrhagic fever less likely

Differential Diagnosis

General

Fever in traveler

Fever with CNS Changes

Fever and Respiratory Symptoms


Fever with Sexual/Blood Exposure

  • HIV
  • Syphilis (Treponema pallidum)
  • Cytomegalovirus (CMV)
  • Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV)
  • Hepatitis B

Workup

Always consider malaria

  • CBC with differential
  • thick and thin smear
  • liver function tests
  • urinalysis
  • blood & stool cultures;
  • chest x-ray
  • serologies for specific viruses

See Also

Travel Medicine