Comprehensive Virtual Patient Case Study: Acute Streptococcal
Pharyngitis in a 23-Year-Old Female (Jenna James)
,Patient Profile
• Name: Jenna James
• Age: 23 years
• Sex: Female
• Height: 5’7’’ (170 cm)
• Weight: 120 lb (54.5 kg)
• Occupation: University student
• Setting: Outpatient clinic with laboratory, X-ray, and ECG
capability
SECTION 1: CHIEF COMPLAINT
"My throat is very painful and I have a fever."
, SECTION 2: HISTORY OF PRESENT
ILLNESS (DETAILED NARRATIVE)
Jenna James is a 23-year-old female presenting with progressive
sore throat and fever for the past 48 hours. She states that
symptoms began as mild throat scratchiness and fatigue, which
worsened over the next day. She now experiences moderate-to-
severe throat pain, especially with swallowing solids and liquids.
She reports intermittent fevers measured at home up to 101.8°F.
She describes generalized weakness, headache, chills, and muscle
aches. She denies cough, nasal congestion, rhinorrhea, sneezing,
wheezing, chest pain, shortness of breath, nausea, vomiting,
diarrhea, or abdominal pain.
Pharyngitis in a 23-Year-Old Female (Jenna James)
,Patient Profile
• Name: Jenna James
• Age: 23 years
• Sex: Female
• Height: 5’7’’ (170 cm)
• Weight: 120 lb (54.5 kg)
• Occupation: University student
• Setting: Outpatient clinic with laboratory, X-ray, and ECG
capability
SECTION 1: CHIEF COMPLAINT
"My throat is very painful and I have a fever."
, SECTION 2: HISTORY OF PRESENT
ILLNESS (DETAILED NARRATIVE)
Jenna James is a 23-year-old female presenting with progressive
sore throat and fever for the past 48 hours. She states that
symptoms began as mild throat scratchiness and fatigue, which
worsened over the next day. She now experiences moderate-to-
severe throat pain, especially with swallowing solids and liquids.
She reports intermittent fevers measured at home up to 101.8°F.
She describes generalized weakness, headache, chills, and muscle
aches. She denies cough, nasal congestion, rhinorrhea, sneezing,
wheezing, chest pain, shortness of breath, nausea, vomiting,
diarrhea, or abdominal pain.
