title: Case records of the Massachusetts General Hospital: Case 5-2014: 2014: A 59-year-old man with fever, confusion, thrombocytopenia, rash, and renal failure.
abstract: A 59-year-old man was admitted to this hospital because of fever, confusion, rash, thrombocytopenia, and renal failure, 10 days after a hunting trip in the Nevada valley. Diagnostic procedures were performed, and diagnostic test results were received from another hospital.
authors: Meridale V
authors: MV
authors: Baggett
authors: Sarah E
authors: SE
authors: Turbett
authors: Shmuel S
authors: SS
authors: Schwartzenberg
authors: James R
authors: JR
authors: Stone
mesh_terms: D001011:Aorta / Q000473:pathology*; D001021:Aortic Valve / Q000473:pathology*; D001025:Aortitis / Q000150:complications / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology*; D003221:Confusion / Q000209:etiology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005076:Exanthema / Q000209:etiology; D005334:Fever / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D051437:Renal Insufficiency / Q000209:etiology; D012373:Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever / Q000175:diagnosis; D012867:Skin / Q000473:pathology*; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus; D013921:Thrombocytopenia / Q000209:etiology