CASE 56 A 20-year-old white male college student was brought to an emergency department in early January with a 12-hour history of high fever, chills, and severe headache. Soon after…
CASE 76 A 62-year-old man was seen in his family physician’s office for complaints of low-grade fevers, night sweats, and fatigue for 3 weeks. The patient had a history of…
CASE 74 A 3-year-old boy was brought to a clinic for complaints of low-grade fever, swollen lymph nodes, and a rash for 3 days. Because of his family’s religious beliefs,…
CASE 53 A 23-year old man presented to the emergency room of a general hospital with a 5-day history of fever, jaundice with dark yellow urine, and pale colored stools….
CASE 50 A 42-year-old man presented to a clinic with complaints of 3 weeks of worsening diarrhea, abdominal pain, and fevers. He had noticed an itchy rash over his buttocks…
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…
