The Infectious Disease Diagnosis: A Case Approach

Description

This text uses cases to illustrate differential diagnoses of various infectious diseases. Unlike any other book on the market, this book is specifically designed for ease of use and can cater to a variety of medical professionals and their needs. The text features brief cases that allow for quick readability, an appendix particularly designed for cross-referencing cases with common symptoms, exposures, and putative diagnoses, bulleted conclusion points, and differential diagnoses tables. Each case is written by an expert in the field and includes a discussion that leads the reader through the logical process of deduction to narrow the diagnosis as well as the laboratory testing, physical examination findings, and elements of the patient’s history and exposures utilized to make a diagnosis. Chapters conclude with a focused review on a specific topic related to diagnosis, treatment, or prognosis that the case illustrates, including references for further reading on the topics from the literature. The Infectious Disease Diagnosis is an outstanding resource for infectious disease specialists, internal medicine physicians, emergency room staff, primary care and general practice physicians, family practitioners, consultants in infectious disease, medical students, residents, fellows, and trainees who diagnose patients. Front Matter ....Pages i-xvii Traveler to Uganda (Nirav Shah, Eric Bhaimia)....Pages 1-5 Visual Loss in a Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant Recipient (Kathleen Linder, Kevin Gregg)....Pages 7-11 Like Mother, Like Daughter (Emily Obringer)....Pages 13-17 From the Lungs to the Brain: A Case of Pneumonia in an Immunocompromised Patient (Fredy Chaparro-Rojas)....Pages 19-24 Student with Fever and Rash (Moira McNulty)....Pages 25-27 Fever, a Rash, and a … “Bug Bite”? (Karl O. A. Yu, Jennifer L. Burns)....Pages 29-35 Primed for Pathogens (Shirley Stephenson)....Pages 37-40 The Gift That Keeps on Giving (Frances Lahrman, Stephen Schrantz)....Pages 41-47 A Man with Heart Failure and Night Sweats (Amutha Rajagopal)....Pages 49-53 Seizure and Confusion in an Elderly Woman with Bacteremia (Leona Ebara)....Pages 55-58 Don’t Toss Your Turtle! Seizures and Fever in an Infant (Muayad Alali)....Pages 59-64 Intermittent Fevers in a Renal Transplant Recipient (Kathleen Linder, Kevin Gregg)....Pages 65-69 A Young Adult with Cough and Wheezing Since Infancy (M. Ellen Acree)....Pages 71-75 Elevated Liver Enzymes in Pregnancy (Daniela Pellegrini)....Pages 77-80 Eye Pain and Visual Disturbance in an HIV/AIDS Patient (Fredy Chaparro-Rojas)....Pages 81-84 Undetected: When Medication Nonadherence Accompanies an Undetectable Viral Load (Matthew Richards, Connor Williams)....Pages 85-91 Danger in Paradise (Margaret Newman)....Pages 93-98 Man with AIDS Presents with a Headache (David Kopelman, Emily Landon)....Pages 99-103 Vexing Vectors (Shirley Stephenson)....Pages 105-108 A Toddler with Pica (M. Ellen Acree)....Pages 109-113 Hidden Sphere (Jessica Ridgway)....Pages 115-118 The Importance of a Complete Social History (Lindsay A. Petty, Kenneth Pursell)....Pages 119-122 Myalgias and Joint Pain in a Traveler to India (Oana Denisa Majorant, Sara Hurtado Bares)....Pages 123-129 A Marathon Runner with a Change in Mental Status (Michael Z. David)....Pages 131-136 Unmasking One of the Great Masqueraders (Ralph Villaran)....Pages 137-140 Pulmonary Infection in a Patient After Stem Cell Transplantation (Dima Dandachi, Vagish Hemmige)....Pages 141-145 An HIV Patient with Nausea, Vomiting, and Hiccups (Moira McNulty)....Pages 147-151 A Real Nail-Biter (Jessica Ridgway)....Pages 153-155 Nodular Skin Lesions in a Patient with Leukemia (Daniela Pellegrini)....Pages 157-160 Elderly Man with Fever and Cough: TB or Not TB? (Moira McNulty)....Pages 161-165 Malaise, Fever, and Nausea in a Man with Marfan Syndrome (Dima Dandachi, Vagish Hemmige)....Pages 167-171 Diarrhea Leads to Pneumonia and Hematuria in the Intensive Care Unit (Lindsay A. Petty)....Pages 173-176 Pain and Rash in a Stem Cell Transplant Recipient (Eric Bhaimia, Nirav Shah)....Pages 177-181 A 2-Year-Old Girl with a Limp (Daniel Glikman)....Pages 183-188 An Elderly Woman with a Fever After Traveling (Oana Denisa Majorant, Sara Hurtado Bares)....Pages 189-195 Internationally Adopted HIV-Infected Toddler with Skin Rash (Linda J. Walsh)....Pages 197-201 A Pediatric Patient with a Progressive Chest Wall Mass (Colleen B. Nash)....Pages 203-208 Diffuse Lymphadenopathy in a Patient After Stem Cell Transplantation (Leona Ebara)....Pages 209-212 Papilledema in an HIV-Positive Patient (Eric Bhaimia, Nirav Shah)....Pages 213-217 A Case of Fever and Rash After a Tick Bite (Jessica Ridgway)....Pages 219-222 Facial Lesions and Respiratory Failure After Lung Transplantation (Fredy Chaparro-Rojas)....Pages 223-228 A Pain in the Back: A 50-Year-Old Man with Pancreatitis and a Fever (Vinny DiMaggio, Emily Landon)....Pages 229-233 A 9-Year-Old Boy with a Red Eye (M. Ellen Acree)....Pages 235-237 The Revolving (Bathroom) Door (Kathleen Mullane)....Pages 239-244 A Young Woman with Neurologic Symptoms (Jean-Luc Benoit)....Pages 245-251 A Woman with a History of a 2-Year Stay in Gabon and Onset of a Cyclical Fever More Than 1 Year Later (Jean-Luc Benoit)....Pages 253-258 An Infectious Malignancy (Kathleen Mullane)....Pages 259-262 Back Matter ....Pages 263-273