Case Presentation: A 77-year-old female with breast cancer on capecitabine (Xeloda) initiated 3 weeks ago presented with mouth pain and diarrhea for the last 10 days. She denied any fevers, sick contacts, or recent antibiotic use. Her last dose of capecitabine was 1 week prior. On arrival, she was hypotensive and tachycardic; physical exam was […]

Case Presentation: A 59 y/o male who presented to the hospital with a 2 week history of subjective fevers, generalized fatigue, and non-bloody diarrhea. Past medical history was notable for indeterminate ulcerative colitis (UC) and was being managed with azathioprine and mesalamine. He was recently prescribed antibiotics and developed diarrhea shortly after. He denied any […]

Case Presentation: A 76-year-old female with a history of an incarcerated hernia, Clostridium difficile colitis, hypertension, and dyslipidemia presented to the emergency department (ED) with bloody diarrhea and weakness. On admission, the patient denied fevers, chills, or cough. Additional symptoms included self-limited hyponatremia (133 mmol/L), likely due to excessive diarrhea, bleeding internal hemorrhoids with discomfort, […]

Case Presentation: A 56-year-old man with a history of ulcerative colitis (UC), treated with Adalimumab, returned from a 10-day cruise to Puerto Rico. He presented with 5-days of fever, chills, fatigue, anorexia and multiple loose stools daily. On presentation, he was ill-appearing, febrile (T = 102.8oF) and tachycardic (HR = 124 bpm). RR = 16 […]

Case Presentation: A 48-year-old female with no significant past medical history was initially hospitalized for community-acquired pneumonia and subsequently developed hematemesis, melena along with fever and night sweats. Other presenting symptoms included productive cough, worsening dyspnea, and 80-pound unintentional weight loss in 3 months. She denied travel/occupation history. Further workup showed WBC 46.6×103/uL, Hemoglobin 8.3 […]

Case Presentation: A 78-year-old female with a medical history of deep vein thrombosis, ovarian cancer status post resection and currently in the TESARO trial (receiving Dostarlimab and Niraparib or placebo; last dose was 3 months ago) presented to the emergency department from her outpatient provider due to inability to obtain a blood pressure reading in […]