Case Presentation: This is a 58 year old male with a past medical history of MDD, GAD, history of polysubstance abuse, history of enterococcus bacteremia complicated by aortic valve endocarditis status post valvular replacement and hemorrhagic stroke who was admitted to the hospital for urosepsis. Of note, this patient was previously hospitalized for Lactobacillus bacteremia […]

Case Presentation: A 66-year-old male with a past medical history of rheumatoid arthritis (RA), on chronic prednisone and methotrexate, presented to our institution with a 4-day history of loose watery diarrhea, subjective fevers, rhinorrhea and nasal congestion. He reported anorexia and malaise. On admission, the patient met SIRS criteria with a heart rate > 90 […]

Case Presentation: A 79-year-old woman with hypertension and rheumatoid arthritis presented with generalized fatigue and decline in her functional status over 6 months. Her symptoms progressed in the month preceding admission to nausea, vomiting, right upper quadrant pain, and intolerance to solids and liquids for several days. An outpatient abdominal ultrasound revealed only hepatic steatosis. […]