An elderly woman with chest pain
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Herpes zoster, or shingles, is a reactivation of the latent varicella zoster virus located in the dorsal root ganglia. Understanding of the pathogenesis is poor, but happens most commonly in the sixth to eighth decades of a patient's life. The characteristic symptom is a unilateral, painful, vesicular eruption progressing to grouped vesicles within a dermatome rarely crossing midline. A case study of a 67-year-old white woman who presented with chest pain and a tingling, itching feeling below the breast is given.
Publication Name: Physician Assistant
Subject: Health
ISSN: 8750-7544
Year: 1996
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An elderly woman with diarrhea
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A 73-year-old woman died of pseudomembranous colitis as the result of a series of diagnostic and treatment errors. Improper antibiotic treatment during a hospital stay for tentatively identified pneumonia increased her risk of nosocomial infection by Clostridium dificile. The C. dificile infection was treated with additional antibiotics instead of discontinuation of all antibiotics, which is the proper initial response.
Publication Name: Physician Assistant
Subject: Health
ISSN: 8750-7544
Year: 1997
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Dermadilemma
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The case of a man with redness and blisters on his arm is presented, focusing on how a diagnosis of herpes zoster, or shingles, was made. Other possible diagnoses include bullous pemphigoid, contact dermatitis, and poison ivy.
Publication Name: Physician Assistant
Subject: Health
ISSN: 8750-7544
Year: 1999
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