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cord-287030-xzothuf7	Pigott, David C.	Emergency department evaluation of the febrile traveler	2006-05-23		.txt	text/plain	2182	105	41	While the presentation of a patient with undifferentiated febrile illness to the emergency department is rarely a cause for alarm, the additional factor of recent international travel suggests a host of unusual pathogens, some with the potential for rapid and devastating transmission among both patients and health care workers. 1,2 A prospective review of 195 febrile patients requiring admission after returning to the United Kingdom from the tropics found that while malaria (42%) was the most common cause for hospital admission, non-specific viral illness and bacterial infections (including urinary tract infection, community-acquired pneumonia and pharyngitis) accounted for 34% of patients. Expanding this methodology to account for other potential infectious agents that may present to a given hospital or emergency department can provide some guidance for clinicians who may encounter febrile patients who have recently returned from any geographic region, unwittingly harboring undiagnosed viral, bacterial or parasitic infection.	./cache/cord-287030-xzothuf7.txt	./txt/cord-287030-xzothuf7.txt