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Presentation of Case

A 19-year-old man was admitted to the hospital on New Year's Day because of ascending paresthesias, progressive weakness of the legs, and a rash.

He had been well until 10 days earlier, when a sore throat, productive cough, sweats, fever with a rise in the temperature to 39.4 °C, and dizziness developed. A physician found pharyngeal injection with questionable tonsillar exudates, and amoxicillin was prescribed. A rapid test for group A streptococcal antigen was negative. Five days before admission, the patient felt better, discontinued the amoxicillin, and returned to work. Three days later he began to have dysesthesias in the . . . [Full Text of this Article]

Differential Diagnosis

Clinical Diagnosis

Dr. Eric L. Logigian's Diagnoses

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