Clinical problem-solving. An unintended consequence--a 79-year-old man with a 5-month history of fatigue and 20-lb (9-kg) weight loss presented to his local physician

N Engl J Med. 2008 Apr 3;358(14):1496-501. doi: 10.1056/NEJMcps0706711.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Aneurysm, Infected / complications
  • Aneurysm, Infected / diagnosis*
  • Aneurysm, Infected / microbiology
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
  • Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal / diagnosis*
  • BCG Vaccine / adverse effects*
  • BCG Vaccine / therapeutic use
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Fatigue / etiology
  • Fever of Unknown Origin / etiology*
  • Humans
  • Lung / diagnostic imaging
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Male
  • Mycobacterium bovis* / isolation & purification
  • Mycobacterium tuberculosis / isolation & purification
  • Radiography
  • Tuberculosis / complications
  • Tuberculosis / diagnosis*
  • Tuberculosis / microbiology
  • Urinary Bladder Neoplasms / therapy
  • Weight Loss

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • BCG Vaccine