Top diagnoses in return travelers with fever (3)
malaria
traveler’s diarrhea
URTI
Workup of return traveler with fever
CBC + diff Lytes/BUN/creat \+/-Malaria thick and thin BC UA \+/- stool cx or O&P \+/- Dengue serology (incubation two weeks) \+/- CXR
Factors for malaria tx (3 questions to ask yourself)
is it falciparum
is there end-organ dysfunction
is there resistance in the area it was contracted
Mumps
incubation period 16-18 days
viral meningitis (1-10%)
oophoritis (5%)
orchitis (20-30%)
Syphilis
*card not finished
PrimaryPainless chancre
Secondary: palms & soles
Tx: Penicillin
At risk for STI
Sex with someone infected
Serial monogamy
<25yrs
Ophthalmia neonatorum
<24hrs (chemical), 1 wk (gonorrhea), 3 wks (chlamydia)
Blind
corneal ulcer/scarring
permanent visual impairment
dx: need tissue culture (conjunctival cells)