RT Book, Section
A1 Nicks, Bret A.
A2 Cydulka, Rita K.
A2 Fitch, Michael T.
A2 Joing, Scott A.
A2 Wang, Vincent J.
A2 Cline, David M.
A2 Ma, O. John
SR Print(0)
ID 1143142516
T1 World Travelers
T2 Tintinalli's Emergency Medicine Manual, 8e
YR 2017
FD 2017
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9780071837026
LK accessemergencymedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1143142516
RD 2024/04/19
AB Patients  returning  from  travel  abroad  may  present  with  fever  or  other  symptoms  of  infection.  The  evaluation  of  a  potential  infectious  disease  in  a  returning  traveler  requires  an  understanding  of  the  geographical  distribution  of  infections  (Table  98-1),  risk  factors,  incubation  periods,  clinical  manifestations,  and  appropriate  laboratory  investigations.  The  Centers  for  Disease  Control  and  Prevention  (CDC)  website  provides  additional  health  information  for  travelers  based  on  specific  locations  around  the  world:  http://wwwnc.cdc.gov/travel/destinations/list/.  Some  specific  disease  processes  are  covered  elsewhere  in  this  book:  traveler's  diarrhea,  enteroviral  infections,  gastroenteritis,  giardiasis,  salmonellosis,  and  shigellosis  are  discussed  in  Chapters  37  and  96,  anthrax  and  plague  are  discussed  in  Chapter  97,  and  malaria  is  discussed  in  Chapter  95.  This  chapter  covers  some  of  the  other  common  infectious  diseases  that  may  present  in  patients  returning  from  travel  outside  of  the  United  States.