Background: Hospital-acquired C. difficile colitis is associated with increased length of stay (LOS) and significant morbidity and mortality. During hospitalization, patients visit many procedural, diagnostic, and treatment areas throughout the hospital, presenting opportunities for spore contamination of surfaces and nosocomial disease transmission. We developed a novel methodology using electronic health record (EHR) data to map [...]

Background: Hospital-acquired C. difficile colitis is associated with increased length of stay (LOS) and significant morbidity and mortality. During hospitalization, patients visit many procedural, diagnostic, and treatment areas throughout the hospital, presenting opportunities for spore contamination of surfaces and nosocomial disease transmission. We developed a novel methodology using electronic health record (EHR) data to map [...]

Case Presentation: A 36-year-old Haitian female presented with a four-month history of “pus like drainage from a left abdominal wall opening”. It began with left flank pain followed by a “bump” in that area which progressed to a chronic draining fistula. There was associated lumbar back pain,aggravated by walking and relieved by lying on her [...]

Case Presentation: 60 year old African American man with history of HTN, HLD, and mitral valve regurgitation presented to the ER complaining of 2.5 weeks of progressively worsening right eye pain and swelling. He originally saw his primary care physician, who prescribed him eye drops. However, the swelling got worse, so his PMD referred him [...]

Case Presentation: A previously healthy 19-year-old woman presented to the emergency department with one week of abdominal pain, bloody diarrhea, and fever. Two weeks prior, she reported a non-specific flu-like illness. On admission, she was febrile, tachycardic, and hypotensive. She had a toxic appearance and a firm, diffusely tender abdomen. She had no oropharyngeal, pulmonary, [...]