SAQ Library : Infectious Disease

A 23-year-old female presents to ED with 3 days of lower abdominal pain and malodorous vaginal discharge. She …

A 45-year-old man known to be HIV positive, presents to your department with fever, nonproductive cough, weight loss …

You are asked to review an unwell 64-year-old male in your emergency department. A quick review of previous …

A 6-year-old boy is brought into the Emergency Department with a 3-day history of skin rash and fever. …

A 2-year-old 15 kg child presents in the care of their parent. They have been febrile, and unwell …

A 45 year old diabetic patient presents with 2 days of bilateral flank pain and fever. Tem 38 …

A 9 yo girl presents a week of with progressive right eye swelling despite taking amoxicillin with clavulanic …

A 32-year-old male presents with atraumatic unilateral knee pain and swelling.

A 45-year-old Nepalese man presents to your Emergency Department with a 2-week history of cough, fever, haemoptysis and …

You are the Emergency Consultant in a major referral centre. A 23 year old male presents with a …

Your triage nurse asks you to have a look at a rash. A 35-year-old male has presented with …

A 32 year old male presented with fever with chills, night sweats headache and cough for past 3 …

You are asked to see a 19-year-old indigenous male in fast track who has presented to the Emergency …

A 72-year-old man presents with fever and shock 7 days after chemotherapy for pancreatic cancer.

• HR 120
• BP 90/40

A 63-year-old woman with end-stage renal failure on daily peritoneal dialysis presents with abdominal pain. You are concerned …

A 45-year-old man presents to your emergency department with fever and right-sided facial swelling.

A husband and wife present to the emergency department after a date night at a restaurant. Shortly after …

A 36-year-old man with intravenous drug use presents with fever and malaise for three days. His observations are …

A 54-year-old man presents to emergency with general lethargy, fatigue and fevers and chills. He had a splenectomy …

A 5-day old male baby is brought in by his mother for decreased breast-feeding. On examination the child …

A 25-year-old woman presents with fever, rash, joint pain, abdominal pain and headache after returning from Bali three …

A 12-month-old boy presents with lesions around his mouth and inability to eat or drink.

A 45-year-old man with untreated HIV presents with fever, headache, confusion and right-sided weakness.

A 26-year-old woman presents with atraumatic pain and swelling affecting multiple joints. She has no prior medical history.