2.1-First Case:
A 34-year-old male patient presenting for a 3-day history of fever,
abdominal pain and watery, non-bloody diarrhea. Patient is previously
healthy and takes no medications regularly. He has no history of recent
travel or recent blood transfusions or animal exposure. He denies any
similar diarrheal illness at home. He denies any nausea or vomiting. The
patient is a non-smoker, consumed no alcohol and has no significant
family history. Upon detailed anamnesis, the patient mentioned a food
exposure to raw-pork products. Patient was febrile with a temperature of
39.1 0C. Upon physical examination, patient had
diffuse abdominal tenderness that was more localized to the right upper
quadrant. The remainder of the physical exam was unremarkable.