Case Presentation: A 44-year-old African American male with a history of sarcoidosis presented with shortness of breath, dry cough, and headaches for 10 days, previously treated for sinusitis with amoxicillin and clavulanate without improvement. He is an electrician and smokes 3 packs of cigarettes per week. He denied any history of asthma, eczema, or atopy, […]

Case Presentation: An 87 year old male with a history of bilateral cataract surgery 18 months prior and recent immigration to the United States as a farmer from Honduras presented for bilateral vision loss and eye pain worsening over the last 3 months. Evaluation by Ophthalmology revealed left panuveitis, right anterior uveitis, and right retinal […]

Case Presentation: 65-year-old female with a past medical history of hypertension and colonic diverticulosis presented to emergency department with progressively worsening dyspnea for two months. This was associated with orthopnoea and wet cough. Before presentation, she completed a course of Levofloxacin and steroids in an outpatient clinic. On examination, she was hypoxic with basilar crackles […]

Case Presentation: A 68-year-old patient with history of type 2 diabetes (A1c 9.5%) was admitted to the podiatry service following a partial fifth ray resection for osteomyelitis. Bone cultures grew MRSA and ID recommended 6 weeks of IV daptomycin due to an allergy to vancomycin. His post-op course was complicated by multiple days of recurrent […]

Case Presentation: A five year old male presents to the emergency department with abdominal pain and emesis. Labs were significant for hyponatremia, elevated alkaline phosphatase, mild hyperproteinemia, and leukocytosis with neutrophilia. Urinalysis showed ketones present. A plain film of the kidneys, ureter, and bladder showed distension of the transverse colon and stool in the rectum. […]