A 45-year-old man, Mohammed, presents to the emergency department of a regional hospital in the Northern Region with a 3-month history of cough productive of blood-stained sputum, night sweats, and 10…
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Akua, a 34-year-old woman, presents to a regional hospital A&E in the Ashanti region having been referred from a district facility. She underwent splenectomy five years ago following a road traffic co…
Mohammed, a 55-year-old immunocompromised man on long-term prednisolone 20 mg/day for pemphigus vulgaris, presents to the Tamale Teaching Hospital ED requesting a yellow fever vaccine certificate for …
Ama, a 28-year-old woman, is admitted to Komfo Anokye ED two weeks postpartum following a traditional home delivery by a TBA (traditional birth attendant). She presents with generalised rigidity, opis…
A 22-year-old student, Yaw, presents to the Komfo Anokye ED after stepping on a rusty nail at a construction site 3 hours ago. The wound is a 1.5 cm puncture to the plantar surface of his right foot, …
A 45-year-old man, Kwame, is referred from a district hospital in Brong-Ahafo to Komfo Anokye ED on day 6 of illness. He initially had fever and recovered briefly, but now presents with recurrence of …
Ama, a 19-year-old nursing student, presents to the Komfo Anokye ED with a 2-week history of high fever, non-productive cough, and shortness of breath. She has no significant past medical history. Tem…
A 62-year-old man is referred from a district hospital in Brong-Ahafo to Komfo Anokye ED with a 10-day history of progressive headache, low-grade fever, and focal right arm weakness. He had dental ext…
A 45-year-old man is referred to Tamale Teaching Hospital ED from a district facility with a 10-day history of progressive headache, low-grade fever, and right arm weakness. He had a dental extraction…
A 38-year-old woman, Afia, presents to Korle Bu emergency centre with a 2-week history of worsening headache, photophobia, and intermittent low-grade fever. She is known to be HIV-positive and not on …
A 34-year-old farmer, Kwame, is brought to the district hospital in Brong-Ahafo by his family three days after sustaining a deep puncture wound to his right foot from a rusty nail. He has had progress…
A 52-year-old man is referred from a district hospital in the Ashanti Region to Komfo Anokye ED with a 6-week history of headache, low-grade fever, night sweats, and 5 kg weight loss. He has a history…
A 58-year-old man is brought to the medical outpatient clinic at a district hospital in Brong-Ahafo by his family after two days of productive cough and fever. He has no known chronic illness. On exam…
Yaw, a 70-year-old man with known ischaemic heart disease and COPD, presents to the Korle Bu emergency centre with three days of worsening dyspnoea, productive cough, and fever. He is febrile at 38.7°…
A 72-year-old man, Mensah, is brought to the Korle Bu Emergency Centre by his family after five days of dysuria, confusion, and reduced oral intake. He has a background of type 2 diabetes managed with…
A 44-year-old man, Mohammed, presents to a district hospital in Brong-Ahafo Region with a 3-day history of right lower limb swelling, redness, and fever. He has no significant past medical history. Vi…
Mohammed, a 52-year-old man with no known comorbidities, is brought to the emergency department of a regional hospital in the Northern Region by family. He has had fever and right upper quadrant pain …
Mohammed, a 19-year-old student, is admitted to the Tamale Teaching Hospital ED with generalised tetanus following a compound fracture sustained in a road traffic collision five days ago. He is receiv…
Yaa is a 72-year-old woman with hypertension and chronic kidney disease (baseline creatinine 180 μmol/L) who is brought to Korle Bu Emergency Centre by her son. She has a 5-day history of worsening lo…
Aisha is a 29-year-old primigravida at 34 weeks gestation, referred from a district hospital in the Northern Region to Tamale Teaching Hospital with fever, productive cough, and 12 hours of confusion.…
A 7-year-old girl, Ama, is referred from a district hospital in Northern Ghana with a 10-day history of right tibial pain, swelling, and fever. She has been treated with oral amoxicillin for 5 days wi…
A 34-year-old woman, Afia, presents to a regional hospital A&E with a 2-day history of a painful, bright-red, sharply demarcated rash on her right lower leg. She is febrile at 38.6°C, HR 102 bpm, BP 1…
Kofi, a 29-year-old man living with HIV (CD4 count 48 cells/μL, not on ART), is admitted to the Komfo Anokye ED with a 4-day history of worsening left forearm swelling after a cat scratch. He denied a…
A 19-year-old male student, Kwame, is brought to the emergency centre at Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital by his family after 3 weeks of intermittent fever, headache, and abdominal discomfort managed at…
Kofi, a 47-year-old man with poorly controlled diabetes (known HbA1c 11%), is brought to Korle Bu Emergency Centre by his family with a 5-day history of swelling and pain of the left foot and lower le…
Yaw, a 61-year-old man with hypertension and type 2 diabetes, is referred from a district facility to the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital ED with a 4-day history of right lower limb pain and swelling. …
Kofi, a 34-year-old subsistence farmer, is brought to the Korle Bu emergency centre by his brother after 3 weeks of fever, anorexia, and weight loss, followed by sudden-onset severe abdominal pain 8 h…
Adwoa, a 35-year-old nurse at Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, was vaccinated against rabies as part of her pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) programme three years ago and received a full three-dose primary …
Fatima, a 28-year-old woman, presents to the Komfo Anokye ED 6 hours after being bitten by an unprovoked stray dog in Kumasi. The bite has produced two deep puncture wounds on the right hand with acti…
A 42-year-old cocoa farmer named Kwame is referred from a district hospital in Brong-Ahafo to the regional ED after developing agitation, hydrophobia, hypersalivation, and episodes of inspiratory spas…