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Last updated on: September 4th, 2021
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A 55-year-old man presents with worsening swelling of his left leg for three days. He is running a high fever and appears mildly confused. His wife also mentions that he has lost his appetite since the onset of symptoms.
This is his fifth such episode in two years. None of the previous events were this severe, with all of them rapidly responding to antibiotic therapy.
His medical history is significant for poorly controlled type 2 diabetes mellitus for 10 years, which is complicated by grade 3 diabetic retinopathy and stage 2 diabetic nephropathy.
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