The Case of the Recurring Fever

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type="text/css">.article-meta-share {display:none;} @media (min-width: 1050px){ .article-meta-share {height:1rem;}} </style> <p class="feature-text">An elderly man had symptoms no one could explain – until <a href="https://profiles.ucsf.edu/amy.berger">Amy Berger, MD, PhD</a>, and her team investigated.</p> </div> <div class="paragraph-text-block paragraph-responsive-areas"> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field-desktop-area field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"> <figure data-embed-button="media_assets" data-entity-embed-display="entity_reference:media_thumbnail" data-entity-embed-display-settings="{"image_style":"full_bleed__image","image_link":"","link_url":""}" data-entity-type="media" data-entity-uuid="80513059-3c8a-435f-a602-75edbdffa318" class="full-bleed-image embedded-entity" data-langcode="en"><picture> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/full_bleed__image/public/2021-06/med-mystery-case-of-recurring-fever.png" width="1280" 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Top panel, left, illustration of female doctor in a white coat. Text to the left reads: “An elderly man had symptoms no one could explain – until Amy Berger, MD, PhD, and her team investigated.” Three speech bubbles read: “He kept coming to the hospital with a fever. And each time, other symptoms popped up in different places. No one could find a pattern. His doctors were stymied. So I decided to take the case. I lead the UCSF Molecular Medicine Investigation Unit. We investigate underlying biology to solve tough cases.” Top panel, right side, three illustrations. First illustration is a man’s face with his hand on his head. Text above reads: “Visit 1: Fever and sores. Second illustration is of a man’s torso with a hand holding his stomach. Text above reads: “Fever and diarrhea.” Third illustration is of feet with red welts on legs. Text above reads: “Visit 3: Fever and swelling.” Top panel, right side, bottom, illustration of three scientists (two men and one woman), one looking at DNA under a magnifying glass, one looking at a test tube, and one looking in a microscope. Text below read: “Crack team of physician-scientists and trainees. Middle panel, three illustrations. First illustration is of one female scientist and one male scientist looking at a computer screen with DNA on the monitor. Text above reads: “Clue #1: Testing had revealed a blood-cell mutation.” Two speech bubbles read: “He wasn’t born with this mutation, so he must have acquired it later in life. Acquired mutations often cause cancer – but he doesn’t have cancer.” Second illustration is of a male scientist in front of a computer looking outward. Text above reads: “We dove into the scientific literature and found clue #2.” Speech bubble reads: “Here’s a recent report about children born with similar mutations who also have symptoms like our patient’s.” Third illustration is of a female scientist on a video call with a female researcher. Text above it reads: “We sent the researcher who wrote the report some of the man’s blood.” Two speech bubbles read: “This blood shows patterns of inflammation just like the children’s! So it’s an autoinflammatory disease...caused by his mutation!” Third panel, two illustrations. First is of the elderly man holding a prescription bottle with the words “Anti-inflammatory drug” pointing toward it and a speech bubble that reads: My symptoms are gone!” Second illustration is of a female scientist, Dr. Amy Berger. Speech bubble reads: “Now we’re studying the man’s cells to better understand what went wrong. There may be more patients like him who are searching for answers.”</p> </div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field-mobile-area field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"> <figure data-embed-button="media_assets" data-entity-embed-display="entity_reference:media_thumbnail" data-entity-embed-display-settings="{"image_style":"","image_link":"","link_url":""}" data-entity-type="media" data-entity-uuid="d2abd909-0fb6-40f4-9122-1d67cb9f1ddf" class="align-center embedded-entity" data-langcode="en"><picture> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/2021-06/med-mystery-case-of-recurring-fever-mobile-panel-1.png" width="850" height="1511" alt="Multi-panel comic illustration, panel 1." class="element-fade"> </picture></figure> <p style="position:absolute; left:-10000px; top:auto; width:1px; height:1px; overflow:hidden;">Illustration of female doctor in a white coat. 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No one could find a pattern. His doctors were stymied. So I decided to take the case.” Top of panel, three illustrations. First illustration is a man’s face with his hand on his head. Text above reads: “Visit 1: Fever and sores. Second illustration is of a man’s torso with a hand holding his stomach. Text above reads: “Fever and diarrhea.” Third illustration is of feet with red welts on legs. 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So it’s an autoinflammatory disease...caused by his mutation!” Below, two illustrations. First is of the elderly man holding a prescription bottle with the words “Anti-inflammatory drug” pointing toward it and a speech bubble that reads: My symptoms are gone!” Second illustration is of a female scientist, Dr. Amy Berger. Speech bubble reads: “Now we’re studying the man’s cells to better understand what went wrong. 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