Case Presentation: A 38-year-old African male with no medical history presented to the emergency department with chronic, intermittent epigastric abdominal pain. Physical exam revealed a diminished left radial pulse but was otherwise unremarkable. Labs were notable for an elevated C-reactive protein (CRP) to 23.7 mg/L (normal

Case Presentation: A 32 year-old African American man with a history of Kikuchi-Fujimoto’s Disease (KFD), presented with 2 weeks of fever, cervical lymphadenopathy and cough. Laboratory tests showed pancytopenia, elevated ESR, positive double stranded DNA and ANA titer. Complement 3 and 4 levels were low. His fever persisted despite broad spectrum antibiotics. Computed tomography (CT) [...]

Case Presentation: A 69-year-old man with a history of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease was admitted with fevers and altered mental status (AMS). He reported 6 months of fevers, with confusion and shortness of breath. He denied cough and sputum production, but endorsed a 20lb unintentional weight loss. He had no history of immunosuppression, imprisonment, or [...]

Case Presentation: 85-year-old woman with a past medical history of hypertension, severe peripheral vascular disease, atrial fibrillation on Coumadin was hospitalized to have lower extremity above knee amputation for long standing infection of the left lower extremity. Patient was started on cefepime and linezolid for her left lower extremity wound (cultures growing pseudomonas, vancomycin resistant [...]