All posts tagged Case Study

Don’t Eat the Gravy!

There was a recent outbreak of Salmonella subspecies IV among attendees of a scout troupe potluck in Minnesota. Human cases of Salmonella are normally caused by subspecies I… this type is typically associated with contact with reptiles. This led the investigators to the home of the potluck’s gravy-preparer: She reported having two pet bearded dragons [...]

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Grand Rounds

You’re looking at an x-ray of the abdominal area, and there’s something in there that shouldn’t be…can you guess what it is? I found this in a journal (Surgical Rounds) that we get at work. It details a case of an 85 year old man who showed up in the ER complaining of acute abdominal [...]

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