Bacteremia due to Leuconostoc pseudomesenteroides in a Patient with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia: Case Report and Review of the Literature by Kazuko Ino, Kazunori Nakase, Kei Suzuki, Akiko Nakamura, Atsushi Fujieda, Naoyuki Katayama

“…The patient developed a high fever despite antimicrobial therapy with doripenem after induction chemotherapy. …”
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Pneumocystis jirovecii Pneumonia in a HIV-Infected Patient with a CD4 Count Greater Than 400 Cells/μL and Atovaquone Prophylaxis by Abigayle Sullivan, Theresa Lanham, Ronald Krol, Shilla Zachariah

“…The patient presented with recurrent shortness of breath, worsening malaise, and fever, following treatment for hypersensitivity pneumonitis one month prior, including a twenty-four-day course of 40 milligrams daily glucocorticoid with taper. …”
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Septic Shock Induced by Bacterial Prostatitis with Morganella morganii subsp. morganii in a Posttransplantation Patient by Xiaofan Li, Jianhui Chen

“…The patient developed chills and fever 18 hours after examination. Both urine culture and blood culture showed Morganella morganii subsp. morganii. …”
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Bartonella Endocarditis Mimicking Crescentic Glomerulonephritis with PR3-ANCA Positivity by Joseph Vercellone, Lisa Cohen, Saima Mansuri, Ping L. Zhang, Paul S. Kellerman

“…Bartonella henselae is a fastidious organism that causes cat scratch disease, commonly associated with fever and lymphadenopathy but, in rare instances, also results in culture-negative infectious endocarditis. …”
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Retropharyngeal Calcific Tendinitis Mimicking a Retropharyngeal Phlegmon by Nathalie Gabra, Manon Belair, Tareck Ayad

“…It is associated with mild fever and inflammatory lab findings such as a slight elevation of white blood cell count, erythrocyte sedimentation rate, and C-reactive protein. …”
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Magnetic Resonance Cholangiopancreatography in the Diagnosis of Haemobilia by Ines Casazza, Mara Angela Guglietta, Giuseppe Argento

“…We report a case of a Caucasian 48-year-old man who was admitted due to abdominal pain and fever. After an ultrasonography exam we detected multiple cysts in the hepatic left lobe: imaging features, laboratory findings, and patient past work experience (woodcutter) suggested a diagnosis of hepatic Echinococcosis. …”
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Fat Embolism Syndrome Mimicking a COVID-19 Infection by Alexandru Leonard Alexa, Adela Hilda Onutu

“…The most common clinical finding is hypoxia, accompanied by diffuse petechiae, alveolar infiltrates, altered mental status, fever, polypnea, and tachycardia. We present a mild FES case on a 32-year-old man with no medical history admitted for an orthopedic procedure, following both tibia and fibulae fractures. …”
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Pernicious Effects of Toe Sucking Habit in Children by Deepika Pai, Saurabh Kumar, Abhay T. Kamath, Vipin Bhaskar

“…A dental evaluation was warranted as no particular system contributed to such recurrent episodes of fever in this child. Although dental examination did not reveal any cause for recurrent episodes of pyrexia, as a part of routine history taking we discovered that this child indulges frequently in sucking the great toe of her left foot since infancy. …”
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Antondine Injection-Associated Fixed Drug Eruption: A Case Report by Yan Yang, Peng-Fei Li, Qiang Ma, Xiao-Na Wang, Qing Chen, Ling-Yun Ma, Hao Tang, Zhen Wang

“…Antondine injection is a drug used to reduce fever, mainly composed of aminopyrine, antipyrine and barbiturate, and its adverse reactions include anaphylactic shock, epidermolysis, rash, agranulocytosis, etc. …”
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The Optimal Management of Acute Febrile Encephalopathy in the Aged Patient: A Systematic Review by Fereshte Sheybani, HamidReza Naderi, Sareh Sajjadi

“…The questions posed in this systematic review concern the need to rule out CNS infection in all elderly patients presented with fever and altered mental status in the routine management of febrile encephalopathy. …”
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Renal Cell Carcinoma in Fistulizing Crohn’s Disease Patient Who Received Anti-TNF α Therapy by Abdullah Mohammed Albishi, Rafaat Chakik, Mohammed Bazeed

“…The pain was dull, intermittent, and without a history of fever, dysuria, or hematuria. The patient was passing 3-4 times bowel motion, watery without blood or mucus. …”
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Vancomycin-Induced Drug Reaction with Eosinophilia and Systemic Symptoms (DRESS) Syndrome Masquerading as Elusive Sepsis by Sumon Roy, Vinay P. Goswamy, Kirolos N. Barssoum, Devesh Rai

“…However, despite resolution of abscesses, fevers persisted, raising suspicion for endocarditis not detected by echocardiogram. …”
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Does the Usage of Drains Create a Risk of Surgical Site Infection During Breast Surgery? by Asuman Guzelant, Tuğba Gün Koplay

“…We did not observe infectious symptoms, such as fever, hyperemia, abscess or hematoma, in any of the patients. …”
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Clinical characteristics, diagnosis, treatment, and prognosis of Atezolizumab-induced encephalitis, aseptic meningitis or meningoencephalitis by Qingzi Yan, Yixiang Hu, Xiang Liu, Hong Xia

“…The most common presenting symptoms included fever, altered consciousness, fatigue, somnolence, and seizures. …”
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Paroxysmal Nocturnal Hemoglobinuria: Diagnostic Challenges in Pediatric Patient by Dharshana Krishnaprasadh, Inna Kaminecki, Anna Sechser Perl, Jonathan Teitelbaum

“…We present a case of a 17-year-old boy who was hospitalized with a history of recurrent abdominal pain, fever, and dark-colored urine. Laboratory tests revealed anemia, thrombocytopenia, and elevated inflammatory markers. …”
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A Behcet’s Disease Patient with Right Ventricular Thrombus, Pulmonary Artery Aneurysms, and Deep Vein Thrombosis Complicating Recurrent Pulmonary Thromboembolism by Selvi Aşker, Müntecep Aşker, Özgür Gürsu, Rıdvan Mercan, Özgür Bülent Timuçin

“…A 20-year-old female patient was admitted for complaints of cough, fever, palpitations, and chest pain. On the dynamic thorax computed tomograms (CT) obtained because of significantly enlarged hilar structures seen on chest radiograms, aneurysmal dilatation of the pulmonary artery segments bilaterally, chronic thrombus with collapse, and consolidation substances compatible with pulmonary embolism involving both lower lobes have been observed. …”
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Pediatric Heart Failure, Lagging, and Sagging of Care in Low Income Settings: A Hospital Based Review of Cases in Ethiopia by Solmon Gebremariam, Tamirat Moges

“…Rheumatic heart disease accounted for 53.7%; pneumonia, anemia, infective endocarditis, and recurrence of acute rheumatic fever were the main precipitating causes. Death occurred in 19% of cases. …”
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Severe Case of Plasmodium falciparum Malaria in a Pregnant Woman from Nigeria by Kruti Yagnik, Bilal Farooqi, Molly W. Mandernach, Anthony P. Cannella, Gautam Kalyatanda

“…A 28-year-old Nigerian woman with a 20-week intrauterine pregnancy presented with a five-day history of fever and diffuse joint pains. Evaluation of peripheral thin blood smear demonstrated a parasitemia of 9.8%. …”
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A Case of Acute Budd-Chiari Syndrome Complicating Primary Antiphospholipid Syndrome Presenting as Acute Abdomen and Responding to Tight Anticoagulant Therapy by Naofumi Chinen, Yasushi Koyama, Shinji Sato, Yasuo Suzuki

“…A 34-year-old woman with primary antiphospholipid syndrome was admitted to the Gastroenterology Department of our hospital with fever, acute abdomen, watery diarrhea, and extremely high levels of inflammatory parameters. …”
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Novel IL2RG gene mutation causing primary combined immunodeficiency disease: A case report and literature review by Fang Cao, Yingyu Shi, Fang Deng, Yu Yan

“…This study presents a detailed clinical case of a 10-year-old boy with a history of prolonged cough, fever, and delayed diagnosis of bronchiectasis. Review of the case revealed that the child has had recurrent bronchitis, otitis media, skin allergies, and viral warts since early childhood, indicating persistent immune system abnormalities. …”
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