Case Presentation: A 29 year-old woman with sickle cell disease (SCD) on hydroxyurea and L-glutamine, and mild intermittent asthma presented to our institution with right lower extremity and back pain suggestive of a vaso-occlusive crisis. She did not report fever, cough or dyspnea. Vital signs revealed a heart rate of 91/min, blood pressure of 126/86 […]

Case Presentation: 70 year old man with a history of hepatitis C, diabetes mellitus type 2, hypertension, and coronary artery disease presents with worsening pneumonia.  The patient had recently traveled to Italy for 2 weeks with his wife and on return to the United States developed subjective fevers, dizziness and knee pain for one week.  […]

Case Presentation: A 17yo female with sickle cell disease (SCD; HbSS genotype) presented with pain crisis and acute chest syndrome. She was treated with appropriate antibiotics (ceftriaxone/cefdinir and azithromycin). During the first few days of her hospitalization, she required 2 pRBC transfusions for down trending hemoglobin (Hb) and low reticulocyte count. On hospital day 11, […]