A man with fever and lymphadenopathy.
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.
Koche
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University of South Florida, USA.
Cutolo
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Greene
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Adelman
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D000328:Adult; D000855:Anorexia / Q000382:microbiology; D018416:Bartonella henselae; D001706:Biopsy; D002372:Cat-Scratch Disease / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000382:microbiology; D005334:Fever / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D008197:Lymph Node Excision; D008206:Lymphatic Diseases / Q000382:microbiology*; D008297:Male; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed