Case Presentation: The patient is a 57 year old Hispanic male with history of AIDS who presented with two weeks of left flank pain, fatigue and fevers. Physical exam showed mild tenderness of the left flank. Labs showed a chronic anemia and an absolute CD4 count of 111. Kidney function was normal, and urinalysis was [...]

Case Presentation:  A 41 year-old male with HIV/AIDS (diagnosed three years ago), cutaneous Kaposi Sarcoma (KS), started on combination antiretroviral treatment (cART) three months ago (CD4 270, Viral load (VL) >2000 at the time of initiation of cART), recent VL of 39, who presented with worsening shortness of breath, cough, abdominal pain, abdominal distention and [...]

Case Presentation: A 20-year-old female presented to the emergency department with weakness and fatigue. She reported new onset midsternal chest pain that began approximately twelve hours prior to admission. She had noticed episodes of palpitations and tachycardia over the course of the past two months for which she was prescribed metoprolol tartrate, with no relief. [...]

Case Presentation: A healthy 50 year-old high school teacher with a past surgical history significant for elective bilateral breast augmentation presented to clinic for a 2-month history of dry cough unresponsive to steroids. She reported a constellation of symptoms including worsening non-exertional dyspnea, low grade fevers, night sweats, unintentional 30lb weight loss, fatigue, dry skin, and [...]

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 25-year-old Hispanic female presented to our hospital with a 2-day history of abdominal pain which began abruptly and was associated with fevers, chills as well as intermittent nonproductive cough which had been present since her last episode of pneumonia about 6 months ago. She was admitted to the ICU for management of [...]

Case Presentation: A 44 year-old man with history of anemia and HIV on antiretroviral therapy (ART) with CD4 359 presented with a 3-month history of progressive bilateral lower extremity swelling, increasing abdominal girth, and scrotal edema. He reported a 20-pound unintentional weight loss over the last year, associated with progressive fatigue and drenching night sweats [...]

Case Presentation: A 54-year-old Hispanic woman presented with 5 days of subjective fevers, jaundice, nausea, vomiting, and right-sided abdominal pain. On presentation, she was febrile with borderline hypotension and tachycardia, abdominal tenderness, and laboratory values notable for leukopenia and transaminitis with direct hyperbilirubinemia. The patient received vancomycin, cefepime, metronizadole, and intravenous fluids per sepsis protocol. She was intubated [...]