Case Presentation: A 36 year old male with no past medical history presented to the ER with a 3 day history of fevers, nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea. Labs demonstrated hyponatremia to 126 and acute renal injury (1.7 up from 0.6). He was admitted for presumed viral gastroenteritis and treated supportively. Two days later his symptoms […]

Case Presentation: A 64-year-old male presented to the Emergency Room with one week of worsening productive cough, fevers (Tmax 103F), vomiting, diarrhea, and malaise. His past medical history was significant for Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA), treated with etanercept, hydroxychloroquine, leflunomide and sulfasalazine. On physical examination, he was febrile, normotensive with tachycardia, and tachypneic with diminished breath […]

Case Presentation: A 48 year old woman with a history of stroke, idiopathic intracranial HTN, type 2 DM, HTN, and obesity, presented a few hours after developing increasing confusion and lethargy. For 2 weeks, she also reports headache, neck pain, poor appetite, nausea, rare vomiting, and occasional diarrhea. Exposure history notable for owning a dog, […]