Problem-orientated Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Abbreviations. Section 1 Central Nervous System: Nigel, A Year Old Boy with Lethargy and a Skin Rash. Mr Aldridge, A 45 Year Old Accountant with Odd Behaviour and a Fever. Jim, A 72 Year Old Man with Progressive Headache. John, A 75 Year Old with Muscle Weakness. Andrew, A 20 Year Old Student with Fever, Nausea and Headache. Mr Grundy, A 62 Year Old Histopathology Technician Who Has Become Forgetful and Disorientated. Section 2 Respiratory System: Darren, A Hot and Irritable 12 Month Old Infant. Susan, A 21 Year Old Student with a Runny Nose and Imminent Exams. Peter, A 19 Year Old Student with a Sore Throat. Respiratory Distress and Fever in Catriona, A 1 Year Old Infant. Mrs Smith, 32 Year Old, With a Cough and Generalized Muscle Aches and Pains. Sarah, A 55 Year Old Woman with Rigors, Cough and Chest Pain. Dermot, A 57 Year Old Smoker with Increasing Dyspnoea and Confusion. Dyspnoea, Wheeze and a Productive Cough in Tony, A 55 Year Old Smoker. Shula, 5 Months Old, Off Colour and Feeding Poorly. Productive Cough in Benjamin, A 14 Year Old with Cystic Fibrosis. Section 3 Gastrointestinal System: Bertrand, A 35 Year Old Frenchman with Nausea, Abdominal Pain and Diarrhoea. Damien, A 13 Month Old Baby, With Vomiting and Diarrhoea. Fraser, A 37 Year Old Business Executive with Abdominal Pain, Diarrhoea and Flatulence. Bob a 55 Year Old Retired Coal Miner with Abdominal Pain. Belinda, A 25 Year Old Non-Caucasian with Malaise, Myalgia and Fever. Anorexia, Malaise and Nausea in Eddie, 25 Years Old. Upper Abdominal Pain in Gareth, A 46 Year Old Sheep Farmer. Continuous Non-Bloody Diarrhoea in Paul, A 35 Year Old Aid Worker. Colicky Abdominal Pain and Diarrhoea in Winston, A 68 Year Old Man with Chronic Leukaemia. Section 4 Genitourinary System: Gillian, A 23 Year Old Receptionist with Frequency, Dysuria and Haematuria. Joan's Cloudy Bag. Elizabeth, A 28 Year Old Prostitute, Attends the Clinic for a Check Up. Sharon, A 24 Year Old Personnel Mana Ger with a Blistering Genital Rash. Jane, 27, Requests an Aids Test. S