Last night I talked to the internist who admitted my febrile soldier (see prev post). I had to call him about another patient of his and was planning to ask him for follow-up on the fever guy's diagnosis before we got off the phone. I didn't even have to ask; he couldn't wait to bring it up. "Man, I still don't know what was wrong with that patient. I sent every possible test." He then rattled off babesiosis and several other medical "zebras". "Everything was negative."
The soldier went home after two days in the hosptial. The final diagnosis was "viral syndrome." We are both perplexed. I guess they make tougher, meaner viruses in Iraq.
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