Case 14-2005: A 38-year-old man with fever and blurred vision

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 352, Issue 19, 2005, Pages

  Kathiresan, Sekar ^a,c   Kelsey, Peter B ^a,c   Steere, Allen C ^a,c   Foster, C Stephen ^b,c   Curvelo, Marcio S ^a,c   Stone, James R ^a,c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; AMOXICILLIN; AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZATHIOPRINE; BALSALAZIDE; CASPOFUNGIN; CLAVULANIC ACID; COTRIMOXAZOLE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; HEPARIN; MERCAPTOPURINE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; METRONIDAZOLE; PIPERACILLIN; PREDNISONE; VANCOMYCIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLON BIOPSY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DYSPNEA; FEVER; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; KIDNEY ARTERIOGRAPHY; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; PILONIDAL SINUS; POLYARTERITIS NODOSA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RETINA VASCULITIS; SAPHENOUS VEIN; SKIN BIOPSY; SYSTEMIC VASCULITIS; ULCERATIVE COLITIS; VASCULITIS; VEIN THROMBOSIS; VISION TEST; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; BIOPSY; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CLINICAL STUDY; COLON; DIAGNOSIS; PATHOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PURPURA; SKIN; THROMBOPHLEBITIS; VISUAL DISORDER;

ADULT; AMOXICILLIN-POTASSIUM CLAVULANATE COMBINATION; BIOPSY; COLITIS, ULCERATIVE; COLON; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEVER; HUMANS; MALE; PILONIDAL SINUS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PURPURA; RETINAL VASCULITIS; SKIN; THROMBOPHLEBITIS; VASCULITIS; VISION DISORDERS;

EID: 18444366169     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMcpc059010     Document Type: Article

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