Case Presentation: A 54-year-old male was admitted for six weeks of progressive lower extremity weakness and bowel and bladder incontinence. Work-up revealed an epidural abscess at T12-S1 with severe spinal stenosis at L1 and L2. He was started in empiric vancomycin and ceftriaxone before undergoing a T12-L5 hemilaminectomy and abscess drainage. During the surgery, absorbable [...]

Case Presentation: A 60-year-old female with history of a hip replacement complicated with MRSA s/p multiple revisions and sick sinus syndrome with pacer placed in 2004, presented to the ED with an “itchy rash most tender at the pacemaker site” where a cardiovascular implantable electronic device (CIED) within a TYRx envelope was placed two days [...]

Case Presentation: Previously healthy 2-month-old female presented with 4 day history of fever, rhinorrhea, cough, emesis, diarrhea, decreased intake and progressing rash on abdomen and extremities. Exam notable for injected conjunctiva and flash capillary refill. Patient was admitted to the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) for fluid resuscitation and severity of presentation. Given concern for [...]

Case Presentation: 70 year old male veteran with Lung Adenocarcinoma, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, and remote Mucosa Associated Lymphoid Tissue Lymphoma presents with nausea, diaphoresis, and shortness of breath following administration of intravenous Iodinated Contrast Media (ICM) obtained for a staging Computerized Tomography (CT) scan. The patient was afebrile, with sinus tachycardia at 120 beats [...]

Case Presentation: 63-year-old male with history of hypertension (HTN) on Lisinopril, with recent addition of hydrochlorothiazide (HCTZ) for uncontrolled HTN a week prior to presentation. He presented with dark color urine, nausea, constipation reported to have ensued a week after HCTZ was added to his regimen. He denied IV drug, alcohol, acetaminophen or any over [...]

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 66-year-old woman presented as a hospital transfer for further evaluation of 1 week of abdominal pain and jaundice and several months of a worsening dry cough and dyspnea. These were respectively attributed to acute cholecystitis status post unsuccessful ERCP and pulmonary edema. She had no fever, orthopnea, or edema. Her past medical [...]

Case Presentation: A 67 year old female patient with diffuse large B-cell Lymphoma with extensive nodal disease involving the lower thorax, abdomen, pelvis and central nervous system (CNS) presented with generalized weakness, acute confusion and fevers. Her recent treatment history included systemic chemotherapy with dose adjusted etoposide, prednisone, vincristine, cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin, rituximab (DA-EPOCH-R) and intrathecal [...]

Case Presentation: A 32-year-old African American male past medical history significant for recently diagnosed Guillain-Barre syndrome (GBS) was admitted for recurrent mechanical falls at home. One week prior to his admission, he was treated for GBS with high dose Intravenous Immunoglobulin (0.4 g/kg/day) for 5 consecutive days and subsequently discharged home where he stayed for [...]

Case Presentation: A 68-year-old patient with history of type 2 diabetes (A1c 9.5%) was admitted to the podiatry service following a partial fifth ray resection for osteomyelitis. Bone cultures grew MRSA and ID recommended 6 weeks of IV daptomycin due to an allergy to vancomycin. His post-op course was complicated by multiple days of recurrent [...]