Case Presentation: A 77-year-old man with spondylolisthesis, status post L4-S1 fusion surgery, presented for wound dehiscence and surgical site infection. He underwent incision and drainage with cultures growing S Epidermidis.  Given the patient’s medication allergies and intolerances, infectious diseases (ID) was consulted with plan for a 6-week course of daptomycin. Thirteen days into the treatment, [...]

Case Presentation: Acute eosinophilic pneumonia (AEP) is a rare condition and is often idiopathic, but among drug-induced causes, daptomycin-associated AEP is the most common.[1] The patient is a 75-year-old female with a past medical history of Sheehan syndrome, adrenal insufficiency, hypothyroidism, and type two diabetes mellitus admitted to the hospital with a non-productive cough ongoing [...]

Case Presentation: A 44-year-old man with a history of asthma presented to the emergency department with six weeks of non-bloody diarrhea and one week of abdominal distension. He described no clear trigger for these symptoms and denied associated fever, chills, melena, and dysphagia. He noted a similar episode three years prior, which self-resolved after three [...]

Case Presentation: A 64-year-old female with eosinophilic pneumonia, eosinophilic myocarditis, and hypothyroidism presented to the ED with four days of left upper extremity weakness. Symptoms began with a “sensation of heat,” progressing to left-sided weakness, impaired motor coordination, and fecal incontinence. She denied dizziness, visual changes, chest symptoms, falls, or head trauma.She previously used corticosteroids [...]