● Address: Tan An - Long An ● Occupation: fashion business ● Reason of admission: High fever for two weeks History of Present illness Two-week history: - On the first week, she had fever with mild muscle tenderness and headache. Her fever was continuous, accompanied by chills with no aggravating or relieving factors. Body temperature was 38°C-39°C. Paracetamol had relieved pain and fever for up to eight hours. She still had fever and frontal headache, feel a burning sensation when urinate. High-grade fever reaching 40°C. She denied cough, chest pain, shortness of breath, diarrhea, abdominal pain or back pain. She came to the local hospital on the 7th of illness and was prescribed nitrofurantoin (antibiotic) for urinary tract infection. - Five days later, she returned to the hospital as her fever and headaches had not ceased. These headaches were not associated with changes in vision, dizziness, weakness, or photophobia. She then also complained of bone and muscle pain, abdominal discomfort and constipation. DISCUSSION
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◦ Broaden the learned mechanisms. ◦ Generate the hypotheses. ◦ Have additional knowledge to learn. Past history ??? Past history Individual: - No previous history of diseases and not on any medication. - No high-risk sexual behaviour or sick contacts. - No weight changes, eating uncooked food or any contact with animals. - One month ago, she has just joined a 1 week-pilgrimage tour in Delhi, India and returned 3 weeks before the onset of illness. - Not a consumer of tobacco or alcohol, or any known stimulants.
Family No other family member developed similar symptoms. DISCUSSION
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◦ Broaden the learned mechanisms. ◦ Generate the hypotheses. ◦ Have additional knowledge to learn. Clinical examination ??? Clinical examination On examination, she was well-orientated but lethargic and in obvious distress. - Vital signs: Temperature was 40°C; blood pressure was 100/60 mmHg; pulse was 90 beats per minute, respiratory rate 25 breaths/minute, and oxygen saturation of 97% on room air. Glasgow coma scale (GCS) score was 15/15. - On chest examination, no detected heart murmurs, no wheezes or crackles, and her breath sounds were clear and equal, bilaterally. - Her abdomen was slightly tense with reduced bowel sounds. There was no liver or spleen enlargement. - Her neck was soft and there was no focal neurologic signs. - There was no lymph node swelling, edema or skin rash. Her sclera were white and without suffusions. - Other examination: normal DISCUSSION
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◦ Broaden the learned mechanisms. ◦ Generate the hypotheses. ◦ Have additional knowledge to learn. Investigation ??? Investigation WBC (µL) 6400 Sodium (mEq/L) 131 Neutrophils 66.6% Potassium (mEq/L) 3.6 Lymphocytes 27.5%, Chloride (mEq/L) 98 Monocytes 5.5% BUN (mg/dL) 3 Eosinophils 0.0% Urea (mg/dL) 6.42 Basophils 0.4% Creatinine (µmol/L) 45 RBC (M/µL) 4.1 AST (U/L) 106 Hemoglobin (g/dL) 12.6 ALT (U/L) 60 Hematocrit 36.8 CRP (mg/L) 142 Platelets (x103/µL) 109 Random glucose 87 (mg/dL) Investigation ● Chest X-ray: normal ● A urinary tract infection was ruled out. ● Rapid malaria test and the peripheral blood smear: negative ● HIV test: not be detected. ● Stool microscopy and culture were negative. ● Brain CT-scan and CSF: within normal limits ● Heart and abdominal ultrasound were unremarkable Investigation Blood culture: positive
100x, oil immersion MacConkey agar
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Hektoen enteric agar
Investigation Widal test: - on the first day of admission: + O and H antigens, cutoff 1:160 + AH and BH antigens: negative - on the 10th day of admission: + O and H antigens, cutoff 1:640 + AH and BH antigens: negative Diagnosis