CASE 51 A 49-year-old woman presented with high fever and chills, jaundice, and upper abdominal pain for 3 days. The patient was a recent immigrant from Argentina. One year before,…
CASE 91 A 44-year-old female presented to the emergency department with complaints of fever, cough, myalgias, and mild shortness of breath for 2 days. She also had a moderate headache…
CASE 88 In early summer, a previously healthy 42-year-old man was admitted to his local hospital with a 1-week history of fever, muscle aches, and malaise. For 2 days before…
CASE 63 A 30-year-old white woman was brought to the emergency department of a local hospital with a 2-week history of progressively severe headache, nausea, and vomiting; several seizures had…
CASE 79 A 9-year-old boy was brought to the hospital by his parents with complaints of repeating intense chills and daily high fever for 4 days. The parents said that…
CASE 75 A 55-year-old woman presented to her family physician with a 3-day history of burning and pain over her left forearm. The symptoms were rather abrupt in onset, and…
CASE 72 A 58-year-old man presented with a 3-week history of progressive, mildly painful skin lesions on his left arm that had begun with an erythematous lesion on his left…
CASE 71 An 8-year-old white boy was brought to the dermatology clinic for the examination of raised lesions on his head. He was otherwise healthy. The lesions were first noticed…
CASE 60 In July, a 61-year-old homeless man was brought to the hospital by paramedics with complaints of fever, malaise, and worsening headache for the past 3 days. He also…
CASE 67 An 18-year-old male college student was brought to the emergency department of a hospital with the complaints of fever, chills, and pain while walking. The patient had experienced…
