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# biphasic illness with meningitis, uveitis, transminitis, proteinuria, hematuria | # biphasic illness with meningitis, uveitis, transminitis, proteinuria, hematuria | ||
# confirm by serology | # confirm by serology | ||
==Differential Diagnosis== | |||
{{Template:Fever in Traveler DDX}} | |||
==Treatment== | ==Treatment== | ||
# | #[[Penicillin]] or [[Tetracycline]] | ||
==See Also== | ==See Also== | ||
[[Travel Medicine]] | *[[Travel Medicine]] | ||
[[Category:ID]] | [[Category:ID]] | ||
[[Category:TropMed]] | [[Category:TropMed]] | ||
Revision as of 20:33, 26 March 2014
Background
Diagnosis
- fvr, myalgia, ha, rash
- conjuntival suffusion characteristic but not common
- exp to fresh water while rafting, kayaking
- biphasic illness with meningitis, uveitis, transminitis, proteinuria, hematuria
- confirm by serology
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