Case Presentation: A 20-year-old female with no past medical history presented to a rural hospital with shortness of breath, sepsis, and a several-day history of right-sided throat pain 2 weeks after a dental procedure. Chest x-ray demonstrated bilateral lung opacifications and blood cultures were positive for Streptococcus constellatus. She was started on broad-spectrum antibiotics and [...]

Case Presentation: A 20-year-old man with a history of type 1 diabetes mellitus presented with five days of sore throat and intermittent fever. Two days prior to presentation, he was evaluated with findings including tachycardia with a heart rate of 124, fever to 38.7 degrees C, and an exam notable for tonsillar & oropharyngeal exudate [...]