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Case Report: Fitz-Hugh Curtis Syndrome in a Male with HIV

By Justin Resendes, DO; Abhilasha Boruah, MS4; and Rafi Israeli, MD | on December 7, 2022 | 0 Comment
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Dr. Resendes is a resident physician at Case Western Reserve Metrohealth, Cleveland Clinic Emergency Medicine Residency, Department of Emergency Medicine, Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio.

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Dr. Boruah is MS4 at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine in Cleveland, Ohio.

Dr. Israeli is an attending physician and assistant professor of medicine at Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University and staff physician at the Emergency Services Institute, Cleveland Clinic Foundation in Cleveland, Ohio.

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Topics: Case ReportsChlamydiaFitz-Hugh Curtis SyndromeHIVSexually Transmitted Disease

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