The returning traveler with fever.
The febrile returning traveler tests a clinician's knowledge of tropical medicine as well as skills in differential diagnosis. A thorough history with special emphasis placed on the patient's travel itinerary and knowledge of the geographic location and incubation times of certain tropical diseases will narrow the diagnostic possibilities. This will allow the clinician to focus the diagnostic work-up and make wise choices of laboratory tests and procedures.
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D019411:Clinical Laboratory Techniques; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005335:Fever of Unknown Origin / Q000209:etiology*; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000150:complications; D006525:Hepatitis, Viral, Human / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D007239:Infections / Q000175:diagnosis*; D007835:Lassa Fever / Q000175:diagnosis; D016778:Malaria, Falciparum / Q000175:diagnosis; D010808:Physical Examination; D014195:Travel; D014329:Tropical Climate; D014435:Typhoid Fever / Q000175:diagnosis