This content is machine translated Case report: L. pneumophila pneumonia Negative test results – but no alternative diagnoses Pneumonia caused by non-serogroup 1 Legionella pneumophila bacteriais a major diagnostic challenge, even for specialists. American physicians describe the case of a woman in whom the majority of tests were...…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Intestinal tuberculosis Suspected Crohn’s disease may turn out to be intestinal TB Diarrhea, abdominal pain, fever and weight loss – non-specific symptoms that together are typical of Crohn’s disease. But watch out: Intestinal tuberculosis can also be hidden behind the appearance. Accurate…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated SGDV Annual Congress 2017, Bern Is serology necessary for Lyme disease diagnosis? Lyme serology or even PCR (polymerase chain reaction) tests are by no means always necessary when it comes to diagnosing skin borreliosis and initiating treatment. In typical erythema migrans, the…
