Case Presentation: A 73 year-old man presented with 2 weeks of difficulty completing multi-step tasks, e.g., getting into a car. At baseline, he was independent in instrumental activities of daily living. He had no other symptoms; he denied headache, weakness, numbness, vision changes, confusion, fevers, chills or weight loss. His history included non-alcoholic steatohepatitis with [...]

Case Presentation: Neisseria sicca is a gram-negative diplococcus that colonizes the nasopharynx. Severe infections, including bacteremia, from Neisseria sicca are very rare. We present a case of an immunocompromised 51-year-old female that was admitted with Neisseria sicca bacteremia complicated by an acute renal transplantation rejection.A 51-year-old female with a past medical history notable for type [...]

Case Presentation: A 63-year-old male with a past medical history of end-stage renal disease status post living-related kidney transplant three years ago presented with dyspnea and joint pain. His immunosuppressive regimen included mycophenolate mofetil, prednisone, and belatacept, which was switched to everolimus due to concern for synovitis at outpatient rheumatology one month prior when he [...]

Case Presentation: A 78-year-old female with a history of uterine carcinosarcoma diagnosed two years ago presented to the ED with a primary complaint of orbital swelling, blurry vision, and diplopia OS. One week prior, she received her 5th and 1st cycle of Pembrolizumab and Zometa infusion, respectively for her uterine carcinosarcoma. Three days status post, [...]

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, [...]