Case Challenges -- Infectious Disease

The Angriest Patient I Have Ever Seen 'The good news is, you don't have cancer. The bad news is, we took out your lung.'
Clinical Case, January 07, 2013
A Man With a Painless Cheek Ulcer Why isn't this hunter's chronic cheek ulcer responding to antibiotic therapy?
Clinical Case, December 07, 2012
The Unfeeling Refugee A political refugee from West Africa presents with hemiparesis and no fever. Is this infectious in origin, and if so, what is the agent?
Clinical Case, October 16, 2012
Do I Smell a Rat? Which of this man's risk factors has led to his illness? And what, if anything, does a rat have to do with it?
Clinical Case, September 25, 2012
Out on a Red, Hot, Swollen Limb What does this woman's cellulitis have to do with the Pacific War?
Clinical Case, August 28, 2012
Mary, Mary, Quite Unwary: Where Do Your Spots Come From? A fearless young woman is exposed to a surfeit of infectious disease risks during her travels to Asia.
Clinical Case, July 05, 2012
A Cryptic Case of Acute Colitis An older woman has symptoms of acute gastroenteritis. Does her history provide a clue to the cause of her illness?
Clinical Case, June 06, 2012
A Barista With Autonomic Neuropathy and Delirium A young woman presented with agitation and delirium, progressing to coma. She has a fever. What could the diagnosis be?
Clinical Case, May 07, 2012
A Young Woman With a Tell-Tale Fever A young woman presents with headache, photophobia, and a recurring fever.
Clinical Case, April 09, 2012
A Surplus of Gas and a Curious Mass What fermentative organism is causing this man's septic shock and crepitant lesions?
Clinical Case, March 05, 2012
A Young Man With Fever and Confusion Consider what might have led to coma in an otherwise healthy man.
Clinical Case, February 10, 2012
A Lumberjack Who Is Not OK What could be causing this man's pneumonia and unrelenting infections?
Clinical Case, December 28, 2011
A Traveler With Jaundice and Fever Which principle governs this interesting case: Occam's razor or Hickam's dictum?
Clinical Case, December 02, 2011
Purpura Fulminans in an Asplenic Woman A severe, nearly fatal infection has implications for the healthcare counseling of asplenic patients.
Clinical Case, November 03, 2011
The Lung Tumor That Wasn't Postoperative pathology reveals an unexpected finding in an Army Corps engineer. Can you analyze this case?
Clinical Case, September 30, 2011
A Misdiagnosis: Sleepiness and Severe Headache A very sick man is sent home with a diagnosis of viral meningitis, but what does he actually have?
Clinical Case, September 02, 2011
Lawnmowers and Lullabies What is the cause of pneumonia in this resident of the Columbia River Gorge? And what does a song have to do with it?
Clinical Case, August 03, 2011
A Convict With Chronic Cellulitis A detailed history provides clues to the source of this incarcerated man's odd chronic leg ulceration.
Clinical Case, June 29, 2011
The Bachelor's Belly Pain Subtle physical signs helped make the diagnosis in this unforthcoming patient.
Clinical Case, June 01, 2011
Red Bumps (but no Lumps) in an Immunosuppressed Patient What's to blame for this patient's bumpy skin rash?
Clinical Case, April 28, 2011

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