Background: With the advent of COVID-19 vaccinations, disparities in vaccination rates across various demographic groups especially in vulnerable population such as HIV positive patients have become an area of concern. Understanding these disparities and their underlying factors can provide essential insights for designing targeted interventions and optimizing vaccine distribution strategies. This study sought to investigate [...]

Case Presentation: A 59-year-old male with a history of HIV, HBV, and amphetamine use disorder presented with a three-day history of fever, diffuse abdominal pain, and rectal pain with passage of thick, clear-yellow fluid. The patient engaged in receptive anal intercourse and had a history of injecting methamphetamine per rectum. Patient was septic on admission [...]

Case Presentation: A 32-year-old Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)-negative male presented with one week of headaches, dizziness, blurry vision, nausea, and vomiting. He denied fevers, chills, cough, hemoptysis, neck pain or stiffness, recent travel, sick contacts, photophobia, or phonophobia. He was recently diagnosed with cryptococcal meningitis (CM) and cryptococcal pneumonitis (CP) after presenting previously with 1.5 [...]

Case Presentation: A 53-year-old female with a past medical history of hypertension presented with three days of progressively worsening confusion, aphasia, poor PO intake, and urinary incontinence. Vital signs were within normal limits. Physical exam notable for orientation only to person and place, hyperreflexia, and no other focal neurologic deficits. Initial workup significant for positive [...]

Case Presentation: Patient is a 37-year-old male with a history of HIV, Kaposi’s sarcoma, substance abuse, Hepatitis C, and heart failure. Patient was previously treated for cryptococcal meningitis, neurosyphilis, VZV encephalitis, and ESBL UTI. He presents to the hospital due to shortness of breath, facial pain, malaise, neck stiffness, and abdominal pain with bilious vomiting. [...]

Case Presentation: 5 59-year-old male with alcoholic cirrhosis, hypertension, COPD, and diabetes mellitus presented with a 3-month history of progressive confusion and altered mental status. His family reported memory decline, prompting multiple ER visits primarily focused on cirrhosis-related complications, overlooking the neurological symptoms’ etiology. Initial improvement following hepatic encephalopathy treatment was short-lived, leading to rapid [...]