This is a well written case report of a common presentation in emergency departments (altered mental state associated with alcohol intoxication and a possible head injury). It highlights the importance of a good history and maintaining a high index of suspicion for relatively uncommon diagnoses in patients with this common emergency department presentation. Can the […]
Month: December 2012
The importance of challenging your diagnosis even in straightforward cases
A useful approach to all patients with non-healing wounds can be summarised by the following concept: “Wounds do not heal for no reason.” The development of an ulcer is a priori evidence of some pathological process (e.g. unrelieved pressure). For a wound or an ulcer to persist, there must be a disruption in the elegant […]
Microbiology: Cryptococccal meningoencephalitis after H1N1 influenza
Here the authors report a case of cryptococcal meningoencehalitis associated with the H1N1 pandemic. Seema Biswas Editor-in-Chief Cryptococccal meningoencephalitis after H1N1 influenza […]