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PATIENT HISTORY
A 51/Male
Chief complaint: Fever with altered mentality
Present illness:
A 51-year-old man was referred to Samsung Medical Center because of rapidly progressing mental deterioration following fever, anorexia, vomiting and general weakness which had been present for prior 2 weeks. 2 Months before presentation, he worked in Luanda, Angola doing tiling and painting for 1 month. Then, he came home via South Africa. Since home -coming, he has had intermittent fever without having any medical examination. Then, his symptoms progressed gradually with anorexia, vomiting, general weakness, and to rapid mental deterioration at the time of visiting to local hospital. After being transferred to SMC, he was intubated and admitted to Intensive-care-unit. Diagnostic work-up and therapeutic intervention were done at the same time.

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