Case Presentation: A 69 year old woman presented to our hospital with 5 days of fever, diarrhea, abdominal pain & debilitating leg pain. Her only known medical problem was hyperlipidemia, for which she had recently increased her statin dose. 6 weeks prior to admission, she visited her hometown in Jiangxi, China. There, she drank tap […]

Case Presentation: A 62 year old woman with history of CHF and atrial fibrillation presented with one day of weakness. She had chronic diarrhea as a result of prior gastric bypass and was a non-smoker, non-drinker, non- IV drug user on 40mg of furosemide per day. On examination she was afebrile with fluid responsive hypotension, […]

Case Presentation: A 62-year-old male from a major urban city in Northeast US with history of hypertension and type II diabetes mellitus presented with fevers and thigh pain for three days. He had no recent travel history, sick contacts, or bug bites. Physical examination was notable for injected conjunctiva. Lab work revealed leukocytosis, thrombocytopenia, acute […]