title: Clinical problem-solving. Failure to respond--a 52-year-old man presented to his primary care physician with dyspnea and cough.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, Allergy, and Sleep Medicine, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA. michael.ezzie@osumc.edu
authors.forename: Michael E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Ezzie
authors.forename: William J
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Janssen
authors.forename: James M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: O'Brien
authors.forename: Charity C
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Fox
authors.forename: Marvin I
authors.initials: MI
authors.lastname: Schwarz
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D016470:Bacteremia; D003371:Cough / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004417:Dyspnea / Q000209:etiology; D005938:Glucocorticoids / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D016867:Immunocompromised Host; D008168:Lung / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D045363:Pneumocystis carinii / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D011018:Pneumonia, Pneumococcal / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D011020:Pneumonia, Pneumocystis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D011241:Prednisone / Q000627:therapeutic use; D013296:Streptococcus pneumoniae / Q000302:isolation & purification; D013945:Thymoma / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery; D013953:Thymus Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D017211:Treatment Failure; D015431:Weight Loss
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D005938:Glucocorticoids; D011241:Prednisone