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Recurrent Bacteremia in a 73-Year-Old Woman
Link ID 5946
Title Recurrent Bacteremia in a 73-Year-Old Woman
Url http://www.medscape.com/viewprogram/14581?src=rss
Description An elderly woman presents to the ED with fever, chills, and night sweats. The patient was recently hospitalized for hematochezia and fever; blood and urine cultures at that time showed evidence of bacteremia, and she was therefore treated with a course of levofloxacin. Over the past 24 hours, the fever and chills have returned. Her past medical history includes aortobifemoral bypass graft surgery and coronary artery bypass graft surgery. What is the diagnosis? eMedicine Case Presentations
Category Articles > Critical Care
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Date May 22, 2008
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