title: [Travelers returning from the tropics with fever].
abstract: The practical aspects surrounding taking of the history and physical examination in febrile patients returning from tropical countries are outlined. The differential diagnosis of evocative signs stemming from CNS, myocardium, lung and anemia is explained and the approach to laboratory evaluation is discussed.
mesh_terms: D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis; D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000175:diagnosis; D003141:Communicable Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005335:Fever of Unknown Origin / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D010272:Parasitic Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis; D012749:Sexually Transmitted Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis; D013557:Switzerland; D014195:Travel; D014329:Tropical Climate
vernacular_title: Febrile Tropenrückkehrer.