2009 Dec 24 – Case 40-2009 — A 29-Year-Old Man with Fever and Respiratory Failure

Timothy M. Uyeki, M.D., M.P.H., M.P.P., Amita Sharma, M.D., and John A. Branda, M.D. NEJM Volume 361:2558-2569 December 24, 2009 Number 26
Presentation of Case:
Dr. Wilson Tak-Yu Kwong (Medicine): A 29-year-old man was admitted in July 2009 to the critical care unit of this hospital because of fever and respiratory failure.
The patient had been well until 9 days earlier, when a nonproductive cough and myalgias in his legs developed.


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