Man With Diarrhea and Fever

A man with fever, cough, diarrhea and a coated tongue.

A 50 Year Old Man with Fever and Abdominal Pain

The patient is a 50-year-old man who has been diagnosed with abdominal pain, fever, shivering and constipation with nausea and vomiting with a possible diagnosis of typhoid. Computed tomography (CT) of the abdomen and pelvis was performed by injection of contrast agent for the patient. What is your diagnosis?

Patient with fever and diarrhea.

Figure 1. Liver biopsy specimen showing fibrin ring granuloma (black arrow) and epitheloid cells with a few segmental leukocytes with a central small hole (red arrow) surrounded with an eosinophilic band (hematoxylin-eosin stain of the liverparenchym; original magnification, ϫ400). Diagnosis: Q-fever hepatitis and retinal vasculitis. In patients presenting with hepatitis and fever of unknown or...

Multi-drug resistant typhoid fever with diarrhea.

OBJECTIVE To provide information about the characteristics of diarrheal stool in multi-drug resistant typhoid fever and observe the clinical course after treatment with furazolidone or ciprofloxacin. SETTING Hospital based. SUBJECTS AND METHODS Twenty one male children who were positive for multi-drug resistant S. typhi by blood and stool cultures, having diarrhea at the time of hospitaliza...

A man with fever, headache, and confusion.

Diagnosis: West Nile virus meningoencephalitis with acute flaccid paralysis and parkinsonism. CSF revealed significant plasmacytosis (plasma cell percentage, 40%) and moderate pleocytosis (figure 1). CSF was positive for West Nile virus IgM antibodies by ELISA capture technique, which is pathognomic for diagnosis [1, 2]. CSF studies for herpes simplex virus, varicella zoster virus, cytomegalovi...