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GI Conditions in Febrile Returning TravelerAka: Gastrointestinal Disease in Returning Traveler

See Also
1. Fever in the Returning Traveler
Causes: Fever and Diarrhea
1. See Traveler's Diarrhea
2. Consider Malaria if concurrent systemic symptoms
3. Dysentery syndromes
  1. Shigella
  2. Salmonella
  3. Campylobacter
  4. Yersinia
  5. Amebic colitis
  6. Cyclosporiasis
  7. Disseminated Strongyloides
Causes: Fever and Jaundice
1. Viral Hepatitis
2. Malaria
3. Typhoid Fever
4. Typhus
5. Leptospirosis
6. Viral hemorrhagic fever (e.g. Dengue)
7. Visceral Leishmaniasis (kala-azar)
Causes: Fever and Splenomegaly
1. Malaria
2. Visceral Leishmaniasis
3. Trypanosomiasis
4. Viral hemorrhagic fever (e.g. Dengue)
5. Leptospirosis
6. Typhus
7. Typhoid Fever
8. Brucellosis
9. Mononucleosis
Causes: Fever, Hepatitis And Eosinophilia
1. Fasciola hepatic
2. Visceral Larva Migrans
3. Migrating Ascaris lumbricoides
References
1. Walker (2001) HP Primary Care Medicine Lecture
2. Suh (1999) Med Clin North Am 83(4):997

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