Case Presentation: Adverse drug reactions are any injury that is a result of medication use and can be classified into two categories. Type A are reactions that are common and predictable. Type B are reactions that are rare and unpredictable. An 81-year-old woman with history of essential thrombocythemia presented with an intermittent, relapsing and remitting [...]

Case Presentation: A 57 year old male with HIV/AIDS was transferred to our hospital for acute onset of lethargy and incoherent speech. He intially presented with a few weeks of headaches, slurred speech, and intermittent confusion, and was diagnosed with toxoplasmosis. He was started on atovaquone and sulfadiazine for taxoplasmosis and levetiracetam for seizure prophylaxis, [...]

Case Presentation: A 61-year-old man presented to the emergency department with acute onset of fevers, myalgias and generalized erythematous rash after taking five weeks of Trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole (TMP-SMX) for acute prostatitis. Vital signs were notable for fever and tachycardia, with relative hypotension which responded to initial fluid resuscitation. The patient initially denied abdominal pain however the [...]

Case Presentation: A 66-year-old woman presented as a hospital transfer for further evaluation of 1 week of abdominal pain and jaundice and several months of a worsening dry cough and dyspnea. These were respectively attributed to acute cholecystitis status post unsuccessful ERCP and pulmonary edema. She had no fever, orthopnea, or edema. Her past medical [...]