11th September 2020

A 40-year-old male previously diagnosed with polycystic kidney disease presents to his GP

A 40-year-old male, previously diagnosed with polycystic kidney disease, presents to his GP with fever and abdominal pain which has been present for the last week. He presented 4 days previously with the same symptoms and was prescribed ciprofloxacin for presumed infected renal cyst. On examination today his temperature is 38.8 degrees, and his abdomen is tender to palpation over the right flank region. 

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