A man with fever and lymphadenopathy

Hosp Pract (1995). 1998 Nov 15;33(11):25-8. doi: 10.1080/21548331.1998.11443774.

Abstract

A 40-year-old man presented with a three-week history of malaise, nausea, night sweats, decreased appetite, and a 15-lb weight loss. He reported having had diarrhea, occasionally with bright red blood, for the first two weeks and a temperature as high as 39.4 degrees C for the last two weeks. He had not had cough, shortness of breath, wheezing, chest pain, arthralgias, rash, or conjunctivitis. He had not eaten raw oysters or raspberries.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Anorexia / microbiology
  • Bartonella henselae*
  • Biopsy
  • Cat-Scratch Disease / complications
  • Cat-Scratch Disease / diagnosis*
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Diarrhea / microbiology
  • Fever / microbiology*
  • Humans
  • Lymph Node Excision
  • Lymphatic Diseases / microbiology*
  • Male
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed