Case Presentation: A 73 year‐old Caucasian male with controlled non‐insulin dependent type II diabetes, hypertension, and hyperlipidemia, presented with 3 months of fatigue, night sweats, RLQ pain, and ∼20lb weight loss. Physical examination elicited RLQ tenderness. A CBC, BMP, PTT, and PT/INR revealed only a normocytic anemia (Hb=11.7, MCV=87). An Abdominal/Pelvis CT scan discovered a […]

Case Presentation: A 94-year-old female with a past medical history of cerebrovascular accident (no residual effects) presented with an intertrochanteric fracture of the right proximal femur after a mechanical fall. On arrival, the patient was afebrile, vital signs hemodynamically stable. On exam, the patient was alert and oriented x3 with no focal deficits, extremities warm […]

Case Presentation: A 73 y/o male nursing home patient with known history of Hypertension, Atrial fibrillation and recent diagnosis of cholangiocarcinoma came to the hospital with complains of fever, chills and urinary retention. Initially diagnosed with urinary tract infection. The urine and blood cultures were positve for Enterococcus fecalis sensitive to vancomycin. Patient was admitted […]

Case Presentation: We present a 65-year-old, woman who had developed pseudomonas bacteremia after a complicated femoral artery thrombosis s/p transcatheter repair of the mitral valve. The patient was discharged home on a 6-week course of IV cefepime for concerns of possible mitral valve endocarditis. Within 2 weeks of discharge, the patient had been brought back […]