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Antibiotic-Resistant Pyrexia of Unknown Origin: An Unusual Presentation of Myelodysplastic Syndrome
A 74-year-old male presented to the emergency department (ED) with complaints of high-grade fever, productive cough, and difficulty breathing for three weeks, and a significant weight loss in the past six months. Despite a detailed investigation, diagnosis could not be achieved. Multiple empiric reg...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8286634/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34285848 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.15739 |
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author | Tauseef, Abubakar Buragadda, Avdesh Nair, Sunil Anum, Ayesha Zafar, Maryam |
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description | A 74-year-old male presented to the emergency department (ED) with complaints of high-grade fever, productive cough, and difficulty breathing for three weeks, and a significant weight loss in the past six months. Despite a detailed investigation, diagnosis could not be achieved. Multiple empiric regimens were tried but no response was observed. Bone marrow biopsy was conducted after suspicious peripheral film result, which concluded that the patient was having myelodysplastic syndrome. Although pyrexia of unknown origin has a diverse group of diseases to evaluate for, and rare entities are difficult to diagnose, meticulous evaluation may give significant evidence for targeted diagnostic workup. |
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spelling | pubmed-82866342021-07-19 Antibiotic-Resistant Pyrexia of Unknown Origin: An Unusual Presentation of Myelodysplastic Syndrome Tauseef, Abubakar Buragadda, Avdesh Nair, Sunil Anum, Ayesha Zafar, Maryam Cureus Internal Medicine A 74-year-old male presented to the emergency department (ED) with complaints of high-grade fever, productive cough, and difficulty breathing for three weeks, and a significant weight loss in the past six months. Despite a detailed investigation, diagnosis could not be achieved. Multiple empiric regimens were tried but no response was observed. Bone marrow biopsy was conducted after suspicious peripheral film result, which concluded that the patient was having myelodysplastic syndrome. Although pyrexia of unknown origin has a diverse group of diseases to evaluate for, and rare entities are difficult to diagnose, meticulous evaluation may give significant evidence for targeted diagnostic workup. Cureus 2021-06-18 /pmc/articles/PMC8286634/ /pubmed/34285848 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.15739 Text en Copyright © 2021, Tauseef et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Internal Medicine Tauseef, Abubakar Buragadda, Avdesh Nair, Sunil Anum, Ayesha Zafar, Maryam Antibiotic-Resistant Pyrexia of Unknown Origin: An Unusual Presentation of Myelodysplastic Syndrome |
title | Antibiotic-Resistant Pyrexia of Unknown Origin: An Unusual Presentation of Myelodysplastic Syndrome |
title_full | Antibiotic-Resistant Pyrexia of Unknown Origin: An Unusual Presentation of Myelodysplastic Syndrome |
title_fullStr | Antibiotic-Resistant Pyrexia of Unknown Origin: An Unusual Presentation of Myelodysplastic Syndrome |
title_full_unstemmed | Antibiotic-Resistant Pyrexia of Unknown Origin: An Unusual Presentation of Myelodysplastic Syndrome |
title_short | Antibiotic-Resistant Pyrexia of Unknown Origin: An Unusual Presentation of Myelodysplastic Syndrome |
title_sort | antibiotic-resistant pyrexia of unknown origin: an unusual presentation of myelodysplastic syndrome |
topic | Internal Medicine |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8286634/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34285848 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.15739 |
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