A 40-year-old male, tailor by occupation, was brought to the Emergency Department with complaints of high-grade fever for the past 11 days. Fever was documented to be 102°F and was not associated with any chills or rigors. The patient also complained of shortness of breath for one week associated with a dry cough, as well as an altered sensorium for one day. The patient during his hospital stay developed ARDS and was on mechanical ventilation for 20 days. He was then extubated and discharged after 27 days.
SAEM Clinical Images Series: Fever with Rash
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By: Charu Malhotra, MD,MBBS, Golak Prasad Patra, MBBS and Amjad Mohammed, DNB |Editors: Jessica Hoglund, MD; Moises Gallegos, MD, MPH