CASE 48 A 35-year-old man with AIDS presented to his primary care physician with a complaint of several weeks of watery diarrhea. Symptoms of low-grade fever, nausea, and anorexia were…
CASE 89 In August, a friend brought a 69-year-old woman with a history of diabetes mellitus to the emergency department following a 2-day history of fever, headache, vomiting, weakness, and…
CASE 86 A 38-year-old man developed a flu-like syndrome with fever, headache, and anorexia. During the ensuing 8 weeks, he noted continuing fevers, sweats, 30-lb weight loss, and depression. He…
CASE 81 A 35-year-old white man went to an urgent care clinic twice over the course of 3 days before being admitted in the month of August to the hospital…
CASE 73 A group of 28 college students traveled to India. Several of the students had not received childhood immunization because of nonmedical exemptions. Six of these students became sick…
CASE 70 A 27-year-old man was brought to the emergency department of a hospital with high, spiking fevers, severe diffuse pain over the lower abdomen, and loss of appetite. Two…
CASE 46 A 36-year-old man presented to the emergency department of a general hospital with a 10-day history of intermittent diarrhea and tenesmus, with blood and mucus visible in the…
CASE 68 A 24-year-old man was brought to a local hospital emergency department because of severe pain and swelling that had developed in his left thigh that day. The pain…
CASE 45 A 54-year-old woman presented to her family physician complaining of abdominal pain that had been worsening for the past 2 weeks. She stated that it often improved immediately…
CASE 65 A 31-year-old white man was brought in to the emergency department (ED) of a general hospital with the complaints of fever and visual hallucinations. Four days before his…