Antibiotics

A 58-year-old man with established alcohol-related cirrhosis presents with two episodes of black, offensive stool and light-headedness. His blood pressure is 10…

A 70-year-old woman vomits during a generalised seizure and becomes cyanosed. One hour later her temperature is 38.4°C, oxygen saturation is 88% on room air and…

A 79-year-old woman with a previous stroke develops fever, cough and a new right lower-zone infiltrate 36 hours after vomiting during a meal. She is alert, has…

A 72-year-old man is admitted with pneumonia after three days of fever, cough and increasing breathlessness. He is alert, but his respiratory rate is 34/min and…

A 66-year-old man with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma is receiving chemotherapy through a tunnelled central venous catheter. On day 8 he develops fever of 38.6°C…

A 58-year-old man receiving induction chemotherapy for acute myeloid leukaemia presents with a temperature of 39.1°C. His absolute neutrophil count is 0.05 × 10…

A 24-year-old woman presents with right knee pain, swelling, and difficulty walking for the past 2 days. She also reports multiple joint pains and swelling. The…

A 59-year-old male presents to the emergency room after he develops a fever of 38.5°C (101.3°F). He was recently diagnosed with leukemia and started chemotherap…