Case Presentation: A 59-year-old woman with a history of recurrent hospital admissions over several years for neutropenic fever who presented for generalized body weakness and fever of 102F for one day. On presentation the patient had a temperature of 102.9F, HR 106, BP 128/96. Physical exam was notable for tender cervical lymphadenopathy and pharyngeal erythema. […]

Case Presentation: A 24-year-old man presented with MRSA osteomyelitis of his right tibia two months after suffering an open fracture during a helicopter crash into a mountain. He was started on intravenous vancomycin. The patient did well for thirteen days however then started to have recurrent fever spikes up to 104.9 °F with concurrent sinus […]

Case Presentation: A 30 year-old female with a history of B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia with central nervous system involvement presented with fever, chills, and tachycardia six days after completion of scheduled intrathecal and systemic chemotherapy. Three weeks prior, an intraventricular catheter for administration of intrathecal chemotherapy had been placed without complications. Following the most recent […]