A 66-Year-Old Man with Fever and Confusion

NEJM Evid. 2022 Jan;1(1):EVIDmr2100037. doi: 10.1056/EVIDmr2100037. Epub 2022 Jan 10.

Abstract

A 66-Year-Old Man with Fever and ConfusionA 66-year-old man with Parkinson's disease and hypertension presented to the ED with fever and confusion after returning to the U.S. from Cambodia. He was febrile with diaphoresis and rigors. What was the diagnosis?

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Cambodia
  • Confusion* / diagnosis
  • Confusion* / etiology
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Fever* / diagnosis
  • Fever* / etiology
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Parkinson Disease / complications
  • Parkinson Disease / diagnosis
  • Travel