Background: The management of cellulitis in young infants has not been well-studied and appears to be largely variable. Infants with cellulitis often present without fever and only skin findings, with only a small minority having invasive infection. There is no consensus on the need for admission and further workup, such as a lumbar puncture. The [...]

Case Presentation: A 30 year old woman with a history of alcoholic cirrhosis, episodes of alcoholic hepatitis and pancreatitis, was transferred to a tertiary care hospital from a community hospital for a liver transplant evaluation. On admission, she had a MELD score of 33. The patient was not a candidate for liver transplant due to [...]

Case Presentation: A 54-year-old male with past medical history of ulcerative colitis not on active treatment and DM type II presented to his primary care provider (PCP) with right ear pain and swelling which began a week prior. His PCP added oral clindamycin, Cortisporin otic drops, and later prednisone when his pain and swelling did [...]

Case Presentation: Mr. B.R. is a 60 year-old man with a past medical history of coronary artery disease and alcoholic cirrhosis who presented with acute onset abdominal and bilateral lower extremity rash. The rash became increasingly erythematous, pruritic and painful within the course of a few days. Patient denied having fever, chills, or body aches. [...]

Case Presentation: A 44-year-old female with a past medical history of uncontrolled type 2 diabetes mellitus (hemoglobin A1c 16.5%), hypertension, and obesity presented to the emergency room (ER) for left sided facial swelling after a mosquito bite. Physical exam revealed swelling, erythema, and tenderness and she was diagnosed with facial cellulitis, for which she was [...]

Case Presentation: A 53 year old man with uncontrolled diabetes type 2, hypertension, obese, stage III chronic kidney disease, chronic lower extremity edema with venous stasis, and recurrent lower extremity cellulitis was admitted to a large Quaternary medical center with 2 days of fever, chills, left lower extremity swelling, redness and pain. Started when he [...]

Case Presentation: Our patient is a 15-year-old female, previously healthy, who presented with right facial swelling. She developed swelling of her right upper lip after rupturing a pimple located on her lip. Over the next two days, erythema developed, and the swelling progressed to include her right eye, cheek, both lips, and around her jaw [...]