Yesterday’s Philadelphia Inquirer Health section’s Medical Mystery, by yours truly.
I’ve been busy. I think they’re going to print another one of mine next week as well.
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very cool!
By: shari on February 16, 2015
at 3:30 pm
First thought: “Oh my, that disease actually exists?” Granted, I thought it was pretty likely it would, but I first heard of that in a Saddle Club book….lucky you knew about it.
By: myzania3350 on February 16, 2015
at 7:26 pm
Irene pointed out your mystery case column. Wonderful! Looking forward to reading more.
By: tbtam on February 17, 2015
at 8:05 am
Well done, both in diagnosis and the writing. Very compelling to read!
By: Elle on February 17, 2015
at 11:57 am
We see this in the South pretty frequently. However, I expect it is a good deal rarer in your part of the world. Very astute of you and a very good thing for the patient, because RMSF is potentially fatal.
By: Mamadoc on February 17, 2015
at 7:28 pm
Great catch! I have never seen a case, but then again–and contrary to what one would expect–we don’t have much Rocky Mountain spotted fever in Colorado where I live.
By: James Wilk on February 20, 2015
at 10:12 am
The medical mystery published on 2/22 was very interesting. However, the definitions provided there for sensitivity and specificity were incorrectly reversed. Sensitivity = true positives/(true positive + false negative). Specificity=true negatives/(true negative + false positives).
By: Henry Kranzler, M.D. on February 22, 2015
at 8:35 pm