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American Academy of Neurology (AAN), Neurology, 3(85), p. e22-e27, 2015

DOI: 10.1212/wnl.0000000000001761

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Clinical Reasoning: A 44-year-old woman with rapidly progressive weakness and ophthalmoplegia

Journal article published in 2015 by Karisa C. Schreck ORCID, Logan Schneider, Romergryko G. Geocadin
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Abstract

A 41-year-old woman with active IV and subcutaneous heroin use complicated by recurrent methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus endocarditis presented to the emergency department with 2 days of progressive dyspnea. Two days prior to presentation, she had 2 episodes of vomiting and one of diarrhea, but no headache, fever, chills, weakness, numbness, or confusion. While in the emergency department, she developed hypoxic respiratory failure requiring intubation and was admitted to the medical intensive care unit.