Case Presentation: A 56-year-old male with history of spinal epidural abscess being treated with IV daptomycin, presented to the emergency department with a fever of 104° F. The patient had a history of recurrent epidural abscesses, requiring multiple surgical washouts, following past lumbar diskectomy subsequent to lumbar radiculopathy. Previous cultures were positive for two strains […]

Case Presentation: 65 year old male presented to the ED with acute abdominal pain, nausea and vomiting. 10 days prior, he underwent left total knee replacement and was discharged home on low molecular weight heparin. CT abdomen was unremarkable except for a small non-obstructing bladder calculus. Labs revealed leukocytosis of 12.3, Hb of 10 g/dl […]

Case Presentation: 17 year old female with history of severe persistent asthma, allergies, and chronic marijuana use presents with one month of worsening dyspnea, cough, and chest pain, after treatment for left lower lobe pneumonia and asthma exacerbation.She was afebrile, tachycardic, tachypneic, but saturating well on room air. Lung exam had diminished breath sounds at […]