Skin and soft tissue infections

A 41-year-old woman is bitten by her cat three hours ago. She has two puncture wounds over the dorsum of the right hand, one of them directly over the second me…

Pre-internship · middle twist

A 41-year-old man undergoes urgent debridement for a necrotising infection of the calf. Initial broad-spectrum treatment has been given, and deep tissue culture…

Clinical rotations · middle twist

A 45-year-old woman presents with a painful, swollen, red area on her right forearm that developed over the past two days. She reports a minor cut from gardenin…

Mechanisms of disease · common

A 45-year-old woman with diabetes mellitus presents with a painful, rapidly expanding area of redness on her thigh. She has a fever of 39°C (102.2°F) and hypote…

Mechanisms of disease · middle twist

A 29-year-old woman presents to dermatology clinic complaining from a red, itchy, scaly lesion on her forearm. The lesion has been slowly enlarging over the pas…

Clinical rotations · common