Case Presentation: A 60-year-old male with a history of right hepatic resection for donation in 2011 presented to theEmergency Department for acute onset of chills, malaise, and fever up to 101.3 at home withassociated vomiting, abdominal pain, and abdominal distention. He was found to have fluidrefractory hypotension, elevated lactate, and a stage II AKI with [...]

Case Presentation: An 18 year old male presented with ten days of fever, sinus congestion, cough, right sided headache, myalgia and diarrhea. He had no significant past medical history but recently travelled to Bahia, Brazil and engaged in ocean swimming and sushi consumption. He had tested positive for Influenza A at his primary care office [...]

Case Presentation: We present a case of a 44-year-old male with a history of FN liver abscess, diagnosed two years ago (treated with four weeks of ertapenem to complete resolution), who was brought to the emergency department with confusion, expressive aphasia, fever, and ataxia for three weeks. The patient was vitally stable. Lab workup showed [...]

Case Presentation: A 79-year-old man with a past medical history of hypertension and hyperlipemia presented with abdominal pain and fever for two weeks. On physical examination, the temperature was 37.4 C (99.3F), heart rate was 78 beats per minute, respiratory rate was 16 per minute, and blood pressure was 176/81. There was tenderness in the [...]