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Clinical Problem-Solving: Lethargy and Fever in an Immunocompromised Patient.

Samuel Snider¹, Konstantin Stojanovic¹, Dustin Donnelly², Mark Etherton¹, Steven K Feske³, Saef Izzy³.

Abstract

We present the case of a 63-year-old woman with a glioblastoma multiforme on immunosuppressive steroid doses who developed lethargy and fever. We review the differential diagnosis and emphasize the importance of reframing the case when the clinical course differs from expectation. Once the diagnosis is evident, we discuss the incidence and clinical course in different patient populations.

Entities: Chemical Disease Species

Keywords: brain neoplasms; central nervous system infections; encephalitis

Year: 2017 PMID： 29276563 PMCID： PMC5734509 DOI： 10.1177/1941874417717862

Source DB: PubMed Journal: Neurohospitalist ISSN： 1941-8744

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Clinical Problem-Solving: Lethargy and Fever in an Immunocompromised Patient.

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