While treating a patient with an altered mental status, you ask the patient’s family about her recent medical history. The family indicates that the patient complained of a fever earlier in the day. Based on this information, the patient’s altered mental status is most likely the result of

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While treating a patient with an altered mental status, you ask the patient’s family about her recent medical history. The family indicates that the patient complained of a fever earlier in the day. Based on this information, the patient’s altered mental status is most likely the result of