Case 12-1989 A 24-Year-Old Haitian Man with Right Flank Pain and Recent Fever

Presentation of Case A 24-year-old man was admitted to the hospital because of right flank pain and fever. The patient was a native of Haiti, who came to this country five years before admission to attend educational institutions. There was a history of "skin infections" of both legs in ch...

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Published inThe New England journal of medicine Vol. 320; no. 12; pp. 790 - 799
Main Authors Carpenter, Charles C.J, Sullinger, Jana C
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Boston Massachusetts Medical Society 23.03.1989
Subjects
Abdomen
Abscesses
Case reports
Catheters
Coronary vessels
Deoxyribonucleic acid
DNA
Hospitals
Identification
Kidneys
Laboratories
Lymphatic system
Lymphocytes T
Medical imaging
Mycobacterium avium
Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Pain
Skin
Spleen
Tuberculosis
Urine
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Summary:Presentation of Case A 24-year-old man was admitted to the hospital because of right flank pain and fever. The patient was a native of Haiti, who came to this country five years before admission to attend educational institutions. There was a history of "skin infections" of both legs in childhood that resulted in scarring. Two years before entry a tuberculin skin test was reported to be positive, and the patient used pills of an unknown type irregularly during the succeeding year; he was told that repeated x-ray films of the chest were normal. Fourteen months before entry the patient had . . .
ISSN:0028-4793
1533-4406
DOI:10.1056/NEJM198903233201208