Case Presentation: A 67-year-old male with a past medical history of peripheral arterial disease, a chronic left lower extremity wound, and type 2 diabetes mellitus was admitted from vascular surgery clinic for osteomyelitis of the left lower extremity. He underwent multiple procedures by the podiatry service including a trans-metatarsal amputation. Intraoperative bone cultures returned positive [...]

Case Presentation: A 65-year-old man presented with one day of confusion, dyspnea, and a dry cough. A month ago, he was diagnosed with osteomyelitis of his left hallux and he was undergoing treatment with daily ceftriaxone and daptomycin infusions. Vital signs revealed a temperature of 38.4 degrees Celsius, a heart rate of 94, a respiratory [...]

Case Presentation: A 70-year-old male with past medical history of hypertension and atrial fibrillation, recently admitted for right calcaneal osteomyelitis complicated by vancomycin-resistant MRSA bacteremia, was discharged to a rehabilitation facility to complete a course of ceftaroline and daptomycin for 6 weeks duration. He presented to the emergency room about 3 weeks later with skin [...]

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 [...]

Case Presentation: We present the case of a 70-year-old man who developed MSSA bacteremia after removal of a spinal stimulator. The bacteremia cleared with cefazolin treatment, but he developed an MSSA psoas abscess. He underwent abscess source reduction and was started on oxacillin, based on culture sensitivities. Unfortunately, he developed encephalopathy and was restarted on [...]

Case Presentation: A 71-year-old male with a PMH of CKD stage 3, CAD, BPH, atrial fibrillation, and diabetes mellitus presented to the ER for left foot swelling for the past 2-3 weeks. He had a history of left foot infection requiring debridement and skin grafts. Patient had recently tried a course of doxycycline and Keflex [...]

Case Presentation: A 77-year-old man with spondylolisthesis, status post L4-S1 fusion surgery, presented for wound dehiscence and surgical site infection. He underwent incision and drainage with cultures growing S Epidermidis.  Given the patient’s medication allergies and intolerances, infectious diseases (ID) was consulted with plan for a 6-week course of daptomycin. Thirteen days into the treatment, [...]

Case Presentation: Acute eosinophilic pneumonia (AEP) is a rare condition and is often idiopathic, but among drug-induced causes, daptomycin-associated AEP is the most common.[1] The patient is a 75-year-old female with a past medical history of Sheehan syndrome, adrenal insufficiency, hypothyroidism, and type two diabetes mellitus admitted to the hospital with a non-productive cough ongoing [...]

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: Goodpasture’s disease is an autoimmune condition characterized by pulmonary hemorrhage, glomerulonephritis and production of anti-GBM (glomerular basement membrane) antibodies. Anti-GBM disease approximately accounts for 15 percent of all cases of crescentic glomerulonephritis. We report a young female patient diagnosed with Goodpasture’s disease who initially presented with recurrent pneumonias.A 19 year old female patient [...]