Case Presentation: A 35-year-old male with a history of schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and methamphetamine abuse presented to the ED with chest pain. The patient had a long history of inserting 5cm long sewing needles into his body with the belief that this would improve his health. He stated that he had placed a needle in […]

Case Presentation: A 90-year female with a recent onset of vancomycin induced hypersensitivity reaction presents to the ED with sepsis and generalized disseminated rash. She recently underwent a surgery that was complicated with pseudomonas infection and was treated with vancomycin and Zosyn. However, she developed a pruritic, erythematous macular rash on her abdomen and vancomycin […]