Case Presentation: A 72-year-old man with a history of Crohn’s disease and hypertension presented to the emergency department with one month of worsening fatigue, anorexia with weight loss and headaches. The patient also noted intermittent high-grade fever up to 105 degrees Fahrenheit of one week’s duration.One month before presentation, the patient had returned to NYC [...]

Case Presentation: A 66 year-old Caucasian male presented to the emergency department with intermittent fevers, chills, fatigue and dyspnea of 1 week duration. He denied any nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, changes in bowel habit or significant trauma. He lived in a wooded area and had 3 previous Lyme infections but denied any recent tick bite, [...]

Case Presentation: Patient 1. A 71-year-old woman with no significant past medical history presented to the emergency department with 3 weeks of general malaise and subjective fevers after a trip to Connecticut. Her exam was notable for hypotension, as well as pallor of the skin and conjunctiva. Laboratory evaluation revealed a hemoglobin of 7.8 g/dL, [...]

Case Presentation: A 46-year-old woman with a past medical history of breast cancer, on tamoxifen, presented to the hospital for two-day history of progressive and generalized rash with a fever. Two weeks prior, she took cephalexin for one week for cellulitis of her right lower leg. The patient did not report a recent travel history. [...]

Case Presentation: A healthy 65-year-old male was admitted to the hospital for presumed COPD exacerbation and despite treatment developed hypoxic respiratory failure and shock, transferring to the intensive care unit (ICU) for further management.On arrival, he was tachycardic (120 BPM), BP 74/47 mmHg, febrile (39.0℃) and mechanically ventilated (RR 14) concerning for septic shock. Examination [...]

Case Presentation: A 71 year old woman with a history only significant for Lyme disease in 2005 presented with complaints of malaise and fatigue for two weeks. One week prior to admission, the patient was evaluated by her physician who prescribed a course of doxycycline, after recognizing the patient was bitten by a tick in the [...]

Case Presentation: 74-year-old female with history of heart failure, hypertension, diabetes, CKD Stage 3, obstructive sleep apnea, and COPD (2L O2 baseline) presented with weakness and shortness of breath for the last few days. She also endorsed having weight gain, despite a decrease in appetite. Apart from this, she reported a recent tick bite. On [...]

Case Presentation: A 44-year-old female with a history of SLE and chronic diarrhea presented with a one-day history of fever and lethargy. On admission, she was septic with a pancytopenia and a neutropenia with an ANC of 1.6. CT of chest, abdomen and pelvis showed non-specific enteritis, concordant with the chronic diarrhea history, but no [...]

Case Presentation: A 44 year old man with a history of alcohol abuse presented with one week of right upper quadrant (RUQ) pain, nausea, jaundice, fevers, lethargy and anorexia in the summer time after two weeks of binge drinking. Physical examination was notable for tachycardia, scleral icterus and RUQ tenderness. Pertinent labs included elevated AST:ALT [...]

Case Presentation: A 67-year-old female presented with three days of fever, chills, and generalized weakness. She also had myalgia, epigastric pain, darker urine. She reported no recent travel but reported spending time outside gardening and walking/hiking in the woods with dogs, although she did not recallany tick bites. She had a fever of 104 °F, [...]