The phrase "a acute case of" is not correct in English; it should be "an acute case of." You can use it when describing a situation or condition that is severe or intense, typically in a medical or metaphorical context.
Example: "The patient was diagnosed with an acute case of pneumonia, requiring immediate treatment."
Alternatives: "a severe case of" or "a critical case of."
In the stands, in the clubhouse, in the executive suites, even in the press box — believe me — everyone has an acute case of A-Rod fatigue.
In the present study, we reported that an isolate from an acute case of EE in piglets, identified as a member of S. sciuri group, was highly pathogenic to both piglets and mice.
The man, Philip Generoso, 47, developed an acute case of pneumonia while serving a one-and-a-half- to two-year sentence, and died on Feb. 4, 2003.
We assumed that a moderate PEP-related adverse event is equivalent to an acute case of Q fever, a severe PEP-related adverse event is equivalent to a severe acute case or chronic case of Q fever, and a death from PEP use is equal to a death from Q fever.
In "Chuck and Buck," a young man suffering from an acute case of arrested development travels to Hollywood and stalks his best friend from childhood with whom he played boyhood sexual games.
Episode after episode has ended with Felicity in an archer's crosshairs or suffering from an acute case of bullet poisoning, Thea bleeding out from a sword wound, or in one case, Oliver Queen himself plummeting off a cliff, his body slack and definitely, definitely dead.
"Looking for an Echo" suffers from such an acute case of nostalgic tunnel vision that while watching it, you would never guess that hip-hop, not doo-wop, is the sound of urban America.
Moshe Feiglin, a settler who is sure to win a seat in the Knesset on the Likud list, is a grim and wiry man afflicted with an acute case of ideological hyperactivity.
And "Caçador de Mim," a ballad of pained self-reflection, suffered from an acute case of synthesizer bloat.
Under my care, I have survived a bout of yaws (caught over the phone), an acute case of hysterical adenoids, the passing of invisible touchstones, earlobe syndrome, grocer's tongue, a calypso heartbeat, vacuous tear ducts, spongy kishkes, a brush with a plague that most epidemiologists believe was eradicated in the fourteenth century, and someone else's autoimmune disorder.
This news delighted Mr. Grosswald and gave him an acute case of what psychologists call "hagglerphoria," a complicated mental state characterized by a mix of joy and anger-tinged sadness — the first stemming from the results, the second from the realization that it took the Haggler's interventions to get those results.
