63-Year-Old Man With Fever, Chills, and Myalgias

A 63-year-old man presented to the emergency department with 5 days of headache, chills, cough, and diffuse myalgias and 1 day of fever to a temperature of 39.9 °C. His history was significant for type 2 diabetes mellitus, coronary artery disease, hypertension, obstructive sleep apnea, and corticosteroid injection 2 months previously for chronic L4 discogenic radiculopathy. Three days before emergency department presentation he had contacted his primary ca re physician, who prescribed oseltamivir over the phone.

Source: Mayo Clinic Proceedings - March 28, 2019 Category: Internal Medicine Authors: Alexander J. Ryu, Jeffrey B. Geske Tags: Residents' clinic Source Type: research