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Andrew Petelin

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Petelin A, Johnson D, Cunha B
Heart Lung . 2012 Sep; 42(2):152-3. PMID: 22980227
Fevers of unknown origin (FUOs) are classified according to the underlying disorder. The 4 main clinical categories of FUOs are infectious, malignant, rheumatic/inflammatory, and miscellaneous disorders. Although malignancy remains the...
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Cunha B, Petelin A
Heart Lung . 2012 Aug; 42(1):67-71. PMID: 22898330
Background: Determining the cause of fever of unknown origin (FUO) is often a vexing and difficult diagnostic process. In most cases, the signs and symptoms in adult FUOs suggest a...
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Cunha B, Petelin A, George S
Heart Lung . 2012 Jul; 42(1):79-81. PMID: 22818119
We describe fever of unknown origin (FUO) in a 57-year-old woman with hepatosplenomegaly. The diagnostic workup was directed at diagnosing a lymphoma. Her history of travel and exposures to food...
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Chandrankunnel J, Cunha B, Petelin A, Katz D
Heart Lung . 2012 Jun; 41(6):606-9. PMID: 22658892
Often patients with fevers of unknown origin (FUOs) present with loss of appetite, weight loss, and night sweats, without localizing signs. Some are found to have a renal mass during...
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Cunha B, Petelin A, Hage J
Travel Med Infect Dis . 2012 Apr; 10(5-6):267-9. PMID: 22520448
Bilateral anterior thigh pain may indicate bacteremia (Louria's Sign). We present a case of Ehrlichiosis due to Ehrlichia chaffeensis whose predominant presenting symptom was localized bilateral anterior thigh pain.
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Klein N, Petelin A, Cunha B
Heart Lung . 2012 Apr; 42(1):74-6. PMID: 22464641
We report an unusual case of Lemierre's syndrome due to a rare species of Fusobacterium, that is, Fusobacterium nucleatum preceded by Mycoplasma pneumoniae pharyngitis and followed later by Epstein-Barr virus...
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McCaffrey L, Petelin A, Cunha B
Heart Lung . 2011 Dec; 41(4):394-7. PMID: 22177759
Background: Listeria monocytogenes is a motile, aerobic, Gram-positive intracellular bacillus that causes enteritis, meningitis, meningoencephalitis, or subacute bacterial endocarditis. Patients with impaired T-lymphocyte function/cell-mediated immunity are predisposed to intracellular pathogens,...
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