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Tropical Medicine · Brucellosis - diagnosis and treatment difficulty 3/5

Ama, a 28-year-old woman, presents to a regional hospital A&E in the Ashanti region with a 10-day history of high-grade fever, drenching night sweats, severe headache, and lower back pain. She works a…

Tropical Medicine · Dengue fever - classification without warning signs difficulty 2/5

Akua, a 19-year-old university student in Accra, presents to the Korle Bu emergency centre on day 4 of illness with high fever, severe retro-orbital headache, and myalgia. She has not travelled outsid…

Tropical Medicine · Fever in the returned traveller - dengue fever difficulty 3/5

Kofi, a 22-year-old university student, presents to a regional hospital A&E in Kumasi with a 5-day history of sudden-onset high fever, severe retro-orbital headache, myalgia, and arthralgia. He return…

Tropical Medicine · VHF vs severe malaria - early febrile phase differentiation difficulty 4/5

Kofi, a 19-year-old student, is brought to the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital ED by relatives with a 3-day history of abrupt-onset high fever, severe headache, myalgia, and arthralgia. He returned 5 d…

Tropical Medicine · Leptospirosis - occupational exposure history in abattoir workers difficulty 3/5

Mohammed, a 38-year-old abattoir worker from Tamale, presents to Tamale Teaching Hospital A&E with 6 days of fever, chills, severe muscle pain, and red eyes. He handles cattle and goat carcasses daily…

Tropical Medicine · Severe falciparum malaria - pulmonary oedema and fluid management difficulty 4/5

Mohammed, a 45-year-old cattle herder from the Upper East Region, is referred to Tamale Teaching Hospital after five days of fever and cough. He lives in a rural area near Bolgatanga, sleeps outdoors …

Tropical Medicine · Lassa fever - distinguishing clinical features difficulty 3/5

Akua, a 31-year-old community health worker in the Eastern Region of Ghana, is referred to the regional hospital A&E with a 6-day history of fever, severe bilateral hearing loss, and proteinuria (3+ o…

Tropical Medicine · Severe falciparum malaria - blackwater fever difficulty 3/5

Akua, a 22-year-old student who grew up in Accra and recently returned from a 6-week rural placement in Northern Ghana, presents to Korle Bu Emergency Centre with a 5-day history of fever, rigors, and…

Tropical Medicine · Chikungunya - clinical features and management difficulty 2/5

Yaa, a 38-year-old teacher from Cape Coast, presents to the regional hospital A&E 10 days after returning from a visit to relatives in Côte d'Ivoire. She reports a 5-day history of high fever (now res…

Tropical Medicine · Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever - diagnosis difficulty 3/5

Yaa, a 22-year-old student, presents to Komfo Anokye ED with a 3-day history of fever, severe headache, myalgia, and a maculopapular rash on her trunk and arms. She returned 8 days ago from a 2-week a…

Tropical Medicine · Uncomplicated falciparum malaria - treatment failure difficulty 4/5

Mensah, a 45-year-old cocoa farmer from a rural community in the Western Region, presents to the district hospital A&E on day 4 of artemether-lumefantrine (AL) treatment for confirmed P. falciparum ma…

Tropical Medicine · Post-malaria neurological syndrome (PMNS) difficulty 4/5

A 7-year-old boy, Yaw, is admitted to the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital emergency centre in Accra after being referred from a district hospital in Volta region. He had severe malaria with cerebral involv…

Tropical Medicine · Severe acute malnutrition - vitamin A supplementation difficulty 4/5

A 14-month-old boy named Yaw is admitted to the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital emergency centre from a rural community in the Bono East Region. His mother reports 3 weeks of swollen legs and face, poo…

Tropical Medicine · Severe falciparum malaria - blackwater fever difficulty 4/5

Ama, a 38-year-old market trader from Kumasi, presents to the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital emergency centre with a 4-day history of fever, rigors, and passage of dark brown-black urine. She has a hi…

Tropical Medicine · Scrub typhus - eschar, pneumonitis, encephalopathy difficulty 4/5

Kofi, a 45-year-old cocoa farmer from the Ashanti Region, is brought to Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital ED by relatives with 10 days of fever, confusion, and a productive cough. He has been sleeping in…