Case Presentation: A 70-year-old man with a history of bladder cancer treated with intravesical Bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG) therapy presented with acute on chronic back pain. Six months prior, he presented with lower back pain, was diagnosed with culture negative bacterial osteomyelitis, and underwent an L3-L5 laminectomy. He was discharged with an empiric 6-week antibiotic course [...]

Case Presentation: An 86-year-old male with a past medical history of bladder cancer, status post Bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG) therapy 12 months prior, presented to the ED with three months of progressively worsening back pain and weight loss. He denied cough, fever, night sweats, dysuria, recent travel, history of farming, exposure to cattle, or consumption of [...]

Case Presentation: A 52 year-old man with PMH of HIV presented with inguinal lymphadenopathy, intermittent abdominal pain, suprapubic fullness, fever and poor urine production for several days. Bladder catheterization yielded a large volume of bloody urine. The patient had not experienced hematuria previously and had no history of urinary retention, urgency, perineal or GU trauma. [...]

Case Presentation: A 79-year-old female nonsmoker with chronic bronchiectasis on 3 liters of home oxygen presented with worsening shortness of breath. The patient’s baseline creatinine (cr) was 0.85 mg/dL, eGFR 60, and she was admitted with cr of 2.2 mg/dL. Urinalysis showed proteinuria, pyuria, hematuria with few bacteria, with new onset anemia (Hgb 7.8) on [...]

Case Presentation: A 68-year-old male with a history of heavy cigarette smoking and COPD presented with a six-month-long hacking cough with sputum production, night sweats, weight loss, and malaise. He was treated with multiple courses of azithromycin for community-acquired pneumonia without improvement. He had a history of asbestos exposure as a shipyard worker. He did [...]

Case Presentation: A 43-year-old male on peritoneal dialysis (PD) was admitted for nausea, vomiting, and abdominal pain. Ten days prior to admission, cloudy effluent was noted during PD, prompting initiation of empiric intraperitoneal vancomycin and ceftazidime therapy. He subsequently developed worsening symptoms leading to his presentation to the hospital.His past medical history was notable for [...]

Case Presentation: A 29-year-old male with a history of HIV/AIDs on antiretroviral therapy (ART), prior cryptococcal meningitis, and mycobacterium avium complex (MAC) colitis presented to the ED with a three-week history of worsening abdominal pain and distension. His MAC colitis was diagnosed earlier that year and treated with clarithromycin and ethambutol. However, the ethambutol was [...]