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1. An Unusual Cause of Fever and Headache in a School-Aged Male.

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Joo, Su Jin, Thompson, Amelia B., Philipsborn, Rebecca, Emrath, Elizabeth, Camacho-Gonzalez, Andres F., Chahroudi, Ann, Miller, Judson, Ali, Ibne, and Cope, Jennifer

Subjects
*CEPHALOSPORINS, *NEURAL tube defects, *HYDROCEPHALUS, *CEFTRIAXONE, *BRAIN death, *COMPUTED tomography, *FEVER, *HEADACHE, *MAGNETIC resonance imaging, *MENINGOENCEPHALITIS, *PARANASAL sinuses, *POLYMERASE chain reaction, *PROTOZOA, *SINUSITIS, *DISEASE complications, *CHILDREN, *DIAGNOSIS, *THERAPEUTICS
Abstract

The article presents a case study of a 6-year-old white male who was taken to the hospital due unusual fever and headache. He underwent diagnostic tests and was found to have Balamuthia mandrillaris meningoencephalitis, a free-living ameba existing as motile, infectious trophozoites, and environmentally enduring cysts. The lack of treatment guidelines for Balamuthia mandrillaris due to very low incidence and survival rates is discussed.

Published
2018
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2. New-Onset Scleral Icterus in a School-Aged Female.

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Thompson, Amelia B., Bilhartz, Jacob L., Abramowsky, Carlos R., Rapkin, Louis, Karpen, Saul J., and Berkowitz, Frank E.

Subjects
*HEPATITIS B transmission, *BIOPSY, *HEPATITIS B, *HEPATITIS B vaccines, *HEPATOCELLULAR carcinoma, *JAUNDICE, *SCLERA, *VIRAL antigens, *DISEASE complications, *DIAGNOSIS
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The article presents case study of a 9-year-old, African American female child, who was admitted with two weeks of mild, diffuse abdominal pain and two days of pronounced scleral icterus. Laboratory tests of the patient revealed a microcytic anemia, and contrast-enhanced computed tomography (CT) scan was notable for a nodular liver. hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) with active micronodular cirrhosis, and α-Fetoprotein immunostaining was found positive in the tumor cells.

Published
2017
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