Case Presentation: A 28-year old Vietnamese man who has sex with men (MSM) with recent diagnosis of AIDS, on antiretroviral therapy (ART), presented to the hospital with 1 month of fevers associated with headaches, night sweats, anorexia, and diarrhea. He was born in Vietnam but moved to the United States 2 years prior to presentation […]

Case Presentation: A 28-year old Vietnamese man who has sex with men (MSM) with recent diagnosis of AIDS, on antiretroviral therapy (ART), presented to the hospital with 1 month of fevers associated with headaches, night sweats, anorexia, and diarrhea. He was born in Vietnam but moved to the United States 2 years prior to presentation […]

Case Presentation: A 72-year-old man from Bangladesh, who immigrated to the U.S. 4 years ago, presented with ten days of constipation and progressively worsening abdominal pain. He reported no alcohol use, recent travel, known tuberculosis (TB) contact, IV drug use or incarceration history. The patient appeared frail and vital signs were within normal limits. His […]

Case Presentation: A 63 year-old man presented for a milky penile discharge.  He was hemodialysis dependent and recently discharged from the hospital following bilateral renal embolization for persistence of blood clots in his bladder and incontinence.  He also had a history of radiation cystitis after salvage therapy following prostatectomy. He was not sexually active and […]

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, […]