CASE 44 Within 48 hours of a college football game in Philadelphia, 158 students with symptoms of gastrointestinal disease visited the university health service. The predominant symptoms included nausea in…
CASE 25 A 24-year-old sexually active woman visited a family practice clinic because of burning pain during urination, increased frequency, and urgency for 1 day. She also complained about blood-stained…
CASE 40 Twenty-four people became ill within 3 hours after eating a meal at an office party. All had nausea, most had vomiting, and several had crampy abdominal pain. Three…
CASE 43 A 9-month-old baby girl was brought to the emergency department of a local general hospital during the winter with a 2-day history of vomiting, watery diarrhea, and fever….
CASE 41 A 3-month-old female infant was brought to the emergency department of a general hospital with a 5-day history of decreased activity, decreased oral intake, upper airway congestion, and…
CASE 20 A 44-year-old white man presented with a 3-month history of intermittent fever, chills, and a cough production of green sputum. He also complained about weakness, weight loss, chest…
CASE 61 The family of a 56-year old man became concerned when they noted changes in his personality that began gradually over several days, making him more irritable and confused….
CASE 35 Six individuals from a single family presented over the course of 2 days with low-grade fever, abdominal cramps, vomiting, and diarrhea. All six individuals had eaten Thanksgiving dinner…
CASE 19 A 35-year-old man was admitted to the hospital with a 3-week history of fever, night sweats, headache, joint pains, dry cough, and severe fatigue. He had lost 16…
CASE 16 A 29-year-old woman suffered from a dry cough, shortness of breath, and pleuritic chest pain. She continued to have these symptoms for more than a week and subsequently…
