Case Presentation: This is the case of a 55-year-old female with history of asthma who presented with chief complaint of abdominal pain. The patient endorsed an 8-month history of intermittent stomach discomfort that acutely worsened to severe RUQ pain, nausea, and diarrhea. Social history was notable for recent travel to China and herbal supplement use. Patient’s outpatient [...]

Case Presentation: A 56-year-old male with history of spinal epidural abscess being treated with IV daptomycin, presented to the emergency department with a fever of 104° F. The patient had a history of recurrent epidural abscesses, requiring multiple surgical washouts, following past lumbar diskectomy subsequent to lumbar radiculopathy. Previous cultures were positive for two strains [...]

Case Presentation: A 63-year-old man with asthma, chronic rhinosinusitis, and fifty-pound weight loss in the past seven months, was admitted to the hospital for left parietal and right occipital stroke. Asthma was diagnosed in childhood and was well-controlled without recent exacerbation. Patient had focal right hand weakness of 4/5 strength, petechiae on the left lateral [...]

Case Presentation: Patient is a 15 yo boy with PANDAS, epilepsy, ADHD, and developmental delay presented with 9 days of decreased ambulation, abdominal pain, headache, and fatigue. Initially, his symptoms were attributed to recent fall and recent IVIG infusion. However, the patient then developed anorexia, weight loss, and aggressive behavior prompting admission. On exam, he [...]

Case Presentation: 17 year old female with history of severe persistent asthma, allergies, and chronic marijuana use presents with one month of worsening dyspnea, cough, and chest pain, after treatment for left lower lobe pneumonia and asthma exacerbation.She was afebrile, tachycardic, tachypneic, but saturating well on room air. Lung exam had diminished breath sounds at [...]