Microbiology & Immunology Case Reports

Ken S. Rosenthal is Professor of Immunology at Augusta University, University of Georgia Medical Partnership, Athens, Georgia; Adjunct Professor Infectious Diseases, University of Georgia College of Veterinary Medicine; Emeritus Professor Northeastern Ohio Medical University Rootstown, Ohio, USA. Emily Blodget is Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine (Clinician Educator) at ACGME Infectious Diseases Fellowship Program Director, Co-Interim Chief for the Division of Infectious Diseases, School, Keck School of Medicine of USC. Susan Butler-Wu is Director of Clinical Microbiology at LAC+USC Medical Center; Associate Professor of Clinical Pathology; Keck School of Medicine of USC, Los Angeles, CA, USA. Minto Porter, Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology, Essentia Health, Brainerd. Raj Dasgupta is Raj Dasgupta is associate professor of clinical medicine, division of pulmonary, critical care and sleep medicine and is the associate program director of Internal Medicine residency program. He actively teaches USMLE Step 1, 2, 3, and Internal Medicine Board Review around the world for the past 15 years through Kaplan and other organizations and institutions. He has appeared on various media outlets and television shows such as The Doctors, KTLA and Larry King Now.

• Introduction-MicrobiologyIntroduction-ImmunologySECTION 1 MicrobiologyPART A BacteriaChapter 1 A 28-Year-Old Female With Fever and Abdominal PainChapter 2 A 25-Year-Old With Fever and Abdominal Pain After Returning From TravelChapter 3 A 48-Year-Old Female With Abdominal Cramping and Painful DiarrheaChapter 4 A 72-Year-Old Female With Diarrhea and Severe Abdominal PainChapter 5 A 49-Year-Old Woman With Sore Throat and FeverChapter 6 A 68-Year-Old Male With Fever, Cough, and Worsening DyspneaChapter 7 A 35-Year-Old Male Presents With a SeizureChapter 8 A 21-Year-Old Male With PharyngitisChapter 9 A 70-Year-Old-Female With Fevers and ChillsChapter 10 A 56-Year-Old Male With Fever, Headache, and RashChapter 11 A 62-Year-Old Female With Flank Pain and FeversChapter 12 A 54-Year-Old Homeless Male With Fevers, Chills, and Shortness of BreathChapter 13 A 43-Year-Old Female Presents to the Urgent Care With a 3-Day History of Sore Throat and Pain When SwallowingChapter 14 An 83-Year-Old Female With Generalized Weakness, Fever, and Altered MentationChapter 15 A 42-Year-Old Male With Low Back PainChapter 16 A 20-Year-Old Male With Penile DischargeChapter 17 A 57-Year-Old With History of Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Presenting With 2 Weeks of Fever, Cough, and DyspneaChapter 18 A 23-Year-Old Female With HemoptysisChapter 19 A 66-Year-Old Female With 2 Years of Productive Cough, Dyspnea, and MalaisePART B VirusChapter 20 An 11-Month-Old Girl With Fever and a RashChapter 21 A 33-Year-Old Woman With Vomiting and Diarrhea After a CruiseChapter 22 A 39-Year-Old-Male With Right Upper Quadrant Pain and HematocheziaChapter 23 A 48-Year-Old Male With Nonproductive Cough, Dyspnea, and Loss of SmellChapter 24 A 30-Year-Old Female With Malaise, Cough, and MyalgiasChapter 25 A 42-Year-Old Female With OdynophagiaChapter 26 A 16-Year-Old Female With Sore ThroatChapter 27 A 34-Year-Old Female With DiarrheaChapter 28 A 48-Year-Old Male With Sudden Onset of Fever, Headache, and ConfusionChapter 29 A 38-Year-Old HIV Patient With Various Nonspecific SymptomsPART C FungusChapter 30 A 57-Year-Old Female With Cough and Weight LossChapter 31 A 55-Year-Old Woman With Rheumatoid Arthritis on Immunosuppressants Presents With Cough, Dyspnea, and Pleuritic Chest PainChapter 32 A 21-Year-Old Male With HemoptysisChapter 33 A 73-Year-Old-Male With a Painful KneePART D ParasiteChapter 34 A 45-Year-Old Male With Prolonged DiarrheaChapter 35 A 70-Year-Old Female With Abdominal PainChapter 36 A 40-Year-Old Immunocompromised Male With Ring-Enhancing Brain LesionsChapter 37 A 35-Year-Old Male Returning From Travel With Fever and HeadacheChapter 38 A 45-Year-Old Male With Heart Failure and CardiomyopathySECTION 2 ImmunologyChapter 39 A 6-Year-Old Boy With Fever, Cough, and Shortness of BreathChapter 40 A 20-Month-Old Girl With Recurrent InfectionsChapter 41 A 25-Year-Old Female With a Diffuse, Itchy Rash, Fatigue, and Joint PainChapter 42 A 7-Month-Old Boy Presents With Chronic Diarrhea and Failure to ThriveChapter 43 A 24-Year-Old Female Presents With Chronic Rhinitis, Sinus Congestion, and Recurrent SinusitisChapter 44 A 50-Year-Old Male Establishing CareChapter 45 Four-Day-Old Boy Presents With Lethargy, Poor Feeding, and Craniofacial AbnormalitiesChapter 46 A 4-Month-Old Boy With Bloody Diarrhea and EczemaChapter 47 A 33-Year-Old Pregnant Female With Fever, Malaise, and MyalgiaChapter 48 A 66-Year-Old Man Is Found by Paramedics With Hives, Hypotension, and Loss of ConsciousnessChapter 49 A 6-Year-Old Girl With Wheezing, Lip Swelling, and VomitingChapter 50 A 29-Year-Old Male With HemoptysisChapter 51 A 12-Year-Old Boy With Fever, Arthralgia, and RashChapter 52 A 14-Year-Old Boy With Weeping, Pruritic Lesions on Lower ExtremitiesChapter 53 A 7-Year-Old Boy With Arthralgias, Abdominal Pain, and Palpable PurpuraChapter 54 A 67-Year-Old Male With Malaise and Fever After a Kidney TransplantChapter 55 A 4-Month-Old Infant With a History of Severe Combined Immunodeficiency Who Underwent Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplant and Presents With Pruritic Morbilliform Rash and DiarrheaChapter 56 A 4-Year-Old Boy Presents With Persistent Rash and Chronic PruritisChapter 57 A 4-Year-Old Boy With Burning Sensation in the Chest and Abdominal PainChapter 58 A 42-Year-Old Female Presents to the Emergency Department With Generalized Pruritus