A case from the library
Fever and a spreading rash in a 31-year-old man
Infectious DiseaseMedium
Jonah Fisher
31 years · Male
Vitals
- Heart rate
- 104 bpm
- Blood pressure
- 124/74 mmHg
- Resp. rate
- 20 /min
- SpO₂
- 98%
- Temperature
- 100.6 °F
How hard it is
A real-world presentation with one or two atypical features. You'll need targeted questions and the right test to narrow the differential.
The diagnosis is not shown here. Finding it is the case.
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Source
Adapted from a case report published in Case Reports in Infectious Diseases, under the CC BY 4.0 license. The patient's name and some details are invented; the clinical picture follows the report. The report names the diagnosis.
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