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Clinical Case Studies – Earn CPD points

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Infectious Diseases

	I have spots and my skin burns
	A case of a 10 year old boy with a 3 week history of diarrhoea, vomiting and cough
	A case of fever and general malaise
	A case of persistant hectic fever
	A case of sudden rapid neurological deterioration in an HIV positive 27 year old female
	A case of swollen hands
	An unusual cause of fulminant hepatitis
	Case of a right axillary swelling
	Case of giant wart
	Case of recurrent meningitis
	Case of repeated apnoea and infections in a premature infant
	Case of sudden onset of fever, rash and neck pain
	Doctor, my sister is confused
	Eight month old boy with recurrent infections
	Enlarged Testicles
	Failure to thrive despite appropriate treatment
	Right Axillary Swelling
	Severe anaemia in HIV positive child
	The case of a floppy infant
	Two year old with spiking fevers and depressed level of consciousness
	17 year old male with fever and decreased level of consciousness
	3 TB Vignettes
	A 10 year old girl with a hard palate defect
	A case of decreased joint function, fever and rash


Immunotherapy

	Keep up while the storm is raging


One Health

	Agricultural worker with discomfort, cough and bleeding sputum
	Management of Rabies in Côte d’Ivoire
	Weakness, myalgia, night sweats and sore throat
	Sudden onset of fever, fatigue, myalgia, and headache


Autoimmune Conditions

	Fireworks of autoimmunity from birth
	My hands swell and are painful
	My eyes cross at twilight
	A case of a 3 month old infant with bloody urine and stools
	A case of scaly annular plaques
	Case of eye injury and decreased vision
	My head hurts and I cannot speak?
	TB or not TB: a confusing case
	A 7 year old with severe muscle weakness and difficulty walking
	Why can I not walk today?
	14 year old with severe hip pain
	A 9 year old girl presents with body swelling, shortness of breath and backache


Drug Responses

	A sudden turn of events after successful therapy
	Declining CD4 count, despite viral suppression?
	Defaulted treatment
	25 year old female presents with persistent flu-like symptoms


Gastrointestinal Disorders

	A case of persistent bloody diarrhoea


Hypersensitivity

	I’ve been coughing for so long
	A case of acute fever, rash and vomiting
	Adverse event following routine vaccination


Malignancies

	A case of cough, wasting and lymphadenopathy
	A case of lymphadenopathy and night sweats
	Case of enlarged hard tongue
	In the Red


Mother to Child Transmission

	A high risk pregnancy


Primary Immunodeficiencies

	A four year old with immunodeficiency
	Young girl with recurrent history of mycobacterial disease
	Immunodeficiency and failure to thrive
	Case of recurrent infections
	An 8 year old boy with recurrent respiratory infections
	4 year old boy with recurrent bacterial infections


Secondary Immunodeficiencies

	Is this treatment failure or malnutrition