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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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CASE 77 A 36-year-old man was brought to the hospital for complaints of persistent high fever, dry cough, and worsening shortness of breath for a week. He had been diagnosed…

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47

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CASE 47 A 25-year-old man presented to a hospital clinic with a 2-week history of sustained diarrhea (three to five bowel movements per day), nausea, flatulence, and lack of appetite….

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CASE 69 A 66-year-old white man underwent surgery for colon carcinoma, and 2 days later he experienced severe pain at the surgical wound site. Within several hours, local edema and…

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CASE 39 A 31-year-old man returned to the United States in late summer from a 3-week-long trip to Bangladesh. On the second day after his return, he presented with sudden,…

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CASE 38 A 75-year-old man experienced the acute onset of severe abdominal cramps. Later in the morning, watery diarrhea occurring every 15 to 30 minutes developed, initially with small amounts…

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