Case Presentation: A 27-year-old male immigrant male from Guatemala presented with complaint of right-sided scrotal pain, swelling, and fever of 1 month. No reports of weight loss. Physical exam revealed right scrotal swelling, induration with the tenderness of the right testis and epididymis. Lab workup showed normal CBC, CMP. Urine culture, blood culture, chlamydia, and […]

Case Presentation: A 35-year-old HIV positive gentleman presented to the hospital with acute bilateral flank pain associated with dysuria and “sandy pink” urine. He was diagnosed and treated for central nervous system (CNS) Toxoplasma gondii with sulfadiazine and pyrimethamine approximately one month prior to this hospitalization. Vitals signs were stable. Physical exam revealed right abdominal, […]

Case Presentation: Drug-induced immune hemolytic anemia is a rare condition in which exposure to a specific medication induces an intravascular hemolysis via an immune-mediated reaction. Although reactions are variable, they can be life-threatening. The estimated incidence of meropenem-induced hemolytic anemia is extremely low, although this is likely an underestimate, as many cases are unappreciated or […]

Case Presentation: A 35-year female presented to the ED with complaints of worsening abdominal pain and distension without nausea, vomiting or diarrhea. The abdominal pain was diffuse in nature without radiation. She had fatigue, chills, intermittent fevers, and 10 pounds of weight loss over a month. The review of systems was otherwise negative. She was […]