title: Clinical problem-solving. Building a diagnosis from the ground up--a 49-year-old man came to the clinic with a 1-week history of suprapubic pain and fever.
authors.affiliation: Louis Stokes Cleveland Veterans Affairs Medical Center and the Department of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA. brook.watts@med.va.gov
authors.forename: Brook
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Watts
authors.forename: Pushkar
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Argekar
authors.forename: Sanjay
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Saint
authors.forename: Carol A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Kauffman
mesh_terms: D000038:Abscess / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D001758:Blastomyces / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D001759:Blastomycosis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003556:Cystitis / Q000175:diagnosis; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005334:Fever / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010146:Pain / Q000209:etiology; D011469:Prostatic Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011472:Prostatitis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011537:Pruritus / Q000209:etiology; D011859:Radiography; D017444:Skin Diseases, Papulosquamous / Q000209:etiology*; D016055:Urinary Retention / Q000209:etiology