Building a diagnosis from the ground up

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 356, Issue 14, 2007, Pages 1456-1462

  Watts, Brook ^a,c   Argekar, Pushkar ^a   Saint, Sanjay ^b   Kauffman, Carol A ^b  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c LOUIS STOKES CLEVELAND VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; CIPROFLOXACIN; GATIFLOXACIN; GENTAMICIN; OPIATE; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; VANCOMYCIN;

ABSCESS; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BLASTOMYCOSIS; CASE REPORT; CATHETERIZATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRAIN; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATITIS; RADIODIAGNOSIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE RETENTION; BLASTOMYCES; CYSTITIS; ERYTHEMATOSQUAMOUS SKIN DISEASE; FATALITY; FEVER; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LUNG; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PATHOLOGY; PROSTATE DISEASE; PRURITUS; RADIOGRAPHY;

ABSCESS; BLASTOMYCES; BLASTOMYCOSIS; CYSTITIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FATAL OUTCOME; FEVER; HUMANS; LUNG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PROSTATIC DISEASES; PROSTATITIS; PRURITUS; SKIN DISEASES, PAPULOSQUAMOUS; URINARY RETENTION;

EID: 34047275550     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMcps055322     Document Type: Article

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