History A 69-year-old right-handed man with a history of substance use disorder, hypertension, and diabetes presented to the emergency department in an unresponsive state. Upon examination, apart from tachycardia (heart rate, 108 beats per minute), vital signs were within normal ranges (blood pressure, 134/102 mm Hg; temperature, 97.9 ºF (36.6 ºC); respiratory rate, 16 per minute; oxygen saturation, 96%). The patient had a Glasgow coma scale score of 8. Otherwise, the physical examination revealed no abnormalities. Prior psychiatric and surgical histories were unremarkable. There was no history of recent travel, camping, hiking, or vaccination. No family history could be obtained. Laboratory work-up revealed an elevated creatine kinase level (49 006 U/L [818.4 μkat/L]; normal reference range, 10–205 U/L [0.17–3.42 μkat/L]). An electrocardiogram showed sinus tachycardia without evidence of cardiac ischemia. An echocardiogram was unremarkable. Alanine aminotransferase (126 U/L [2.10 μkat/L]; normal reference range, 0–40 U/L [0–0.67 μkat/L]) and aspartate aminotransferase (488 U/L [8.15 μkat/L]; normal reference range, 3–44 U/L [0.05–0.74 μkat/L]) levels were elevated. Polymerase chai
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