Case Presentation: An 88-year-old woman with a history of hypertension, atrial fibrillation, and HFpEF presented with a right femur fracture following a mechanical fall. Physical exam revealed a right femur fracture and small ascites. The patient underwent a right hemiarthroplasty on hospital day (HD) 4 and received cefazolin perioperatively.On HD 9, the patient developed abdominal […]

Case Presentation: A 90 year old Caucasian female with history of complicated diverticulitis s/p partial colectomy and Waldenstrom’s Macroglobulinemia (last treatment with Cyclophosphamide and Dexamethasone 1 week prior to presentation) was admitted with 2 day history of crampy lower abdominal pain, bloody streaked diarrhea, vomiting, and subjective chills. Physical examination elicited tachycardia and diffuse abdominal […]

Case Presentation: A 51-year-old male with a history of IBS presented with three weeks of non-bloody diarrhea and five days of worsening arthritis. It first appeared in his right wrist but subsequently affected his fingers, wrists, elbows, ankles, and knees bilaterally. The patient denied any recent travel or antibiotic use. On exam, the most affected […]