Publications by authors named "Barrett Ford"
A 53-year-old patient was admitted to the emergency department, presenting with fever, generalized weakness, and various myalgias and arthralgias lasting over seven days. Based upon the patient's worsening symptoms, elevated white blood cell count with neutrophilia and overall presentation, she was initially treated for an infectious cause and prescribed various antibiotics and antipyretic medications. As the patient's condition continued to worsen throughout the initial days of her intake, she was tested for a variety of infections, including coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), Streptococcus, and influenza, and was administered a viral respiratory panel, all of which resulted negative.
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- - Rowell syndrome, identified in 1963, is a rare condition linked to systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and is characterized by unique skin lesions similar to erythema multiforme.
- - The syndrome has evolving diagnostic criteria to help better identify its specific immunologic and histopathological features.
- - A case study is presented of a 32-year-old African American woman with a history of SLE, whose symptoms matched the updated criteria for Rowell syndrome.