Case Presentation: This is the case of a 60 year old female nurse with diabetes who presented with fever. One week prior to admission the patient had fever with cough, nasal congestion, and conjunctivitis. She had presented twice to the emergency department but was discharged with antibiotics. She came back because her symptoms progressed to […]

Case Presentation: A 75 year old male was transferred into the ICU, already intubated, requiring antibiotics and pressors. He was hypotensive, tachypnic with respiratory distress, had severe oliguric AKI with serum creatinine of 6.0, and anemia with hemoglobin below 7.0. His initial CXR and CT showed scattered bilateral pulmonary opacities. After he did not improve […]

Case Presentation: A 57 year‐old female with a history of a perianal abscess presented with fevers and chills for seven days. Two weeks prior the abscess had drained spontaneously. On admission, temperature 100.9°F, BP 104/70, HR 112/minute, and RR 15/minute. Physical exam demonstrated mild right upper quadrant tenderness and a 1‐2mm well healed scar in […]

Case Presentation: A healthy 27 year-old woman G1P0 presented at 29 weeks gestation with three days of headaches, intermittent confusion, blurry vision, vomiting, and shortness of breath. Physical exam was remarkable for hypertension to 160/93, a Petechial rash on extremities without neurologic signs. CBC was notable for hemoglobin of 5.9, Platelets 11000 with many schistocytes. […]