Case Presentation: A 31-year-old man with past medical history of secondary syphilis and HIV/AIDS (CD4 47) intermittently on ART presented with worsening rectal pain and recurrent rectal abscesses. He endorsed rectal pruritis, nausea, weight loss, and lower extremity pain. He denied fevers, night sweats, abdominal pain, or diarrhea. Last year, he had a prior rectal [...]

Case Presentation: A 29 year old male with HIV/AIDS only intermittently taking antiretroviral therapy (ART), Pneumocystis jirovecii (PJP) pneumonia actively being treated with trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole (TMP-SMX) and prednisone, and cutaneous Kaposi sarcoma all diagnosed one month ago at an outside clinic presented to the hospital with worsening cough and shortness of breath. Initial vitals were notable [...]

Case Presentation: A 48-year-old African American male with history of AIDS on antiretroviral therapy and Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia (PJP) was admitted for a two-week history of shortness of breath and 20 pound unintentional weight loss. He also noted a three-month history of worsening left leg rash, despite using topical steroids prescribed by a dermatologist for [...]

Case Presentation:  A 41 year-old male with HIV/AIDS (diagnosed three years ago), cutaneous Kaposi Sarcoma (KS), started on combination antiretroviral treatment (cART) three months ago (CD4 270, Viral load (VL) >2000 at the time of initiation of cART), recent VL of 39, who presented with worsening shortness of breath, cough, abdominal pain, abdominal distention and [...]

Case Presentation: A 20-year-old man with untreated HIV was admitted due to severe thrombocytopenia. He reported diarrhea, episodes of epistaxis and hemoptysis, night sweats and weight loss for past 3 months. Physical exam was significant for scattered, brown papules and plaques on all extremities. CD4 count was > 400 cells/mm3. CT scan of chest showed [...]

Case Presentation: Mr. J is a 47 year old male with a history of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (CD4 count of 183), chronic kidney disease stage 3 (baseline creatinine of 1.5 mg/dL) and Castleman Disease (CD, previously treated with rituximab) who presented initially with complaints of fevers, dyspnea, generalized weakness, and swelling to the lower [...]

Case Presentation: A 52-year-old man originally from West Africa presented with two episodes of hematemesis over one day and with intermittent diffuse abdominal pain and fatigue over one week. He is a known HIV/AIDS patient with poor compliance along with a history of chronic Hepatitis B cirrhosis and moderate-sized varices, H. pylori with non-compliance with [...]

Case Presentation: A 30 year-old MSM with a newly diagnosed HIV presented with shortness of breath and cough. He stated that he became sick 5 weeks ago at which point he made an appointment to see his PMD where he was diagnosed with RML pneumonia and was given 5 day course of oral antibiotics. He [...]

Case Presentation: Patient is a 37-year-old male with a history of HIV, Kaposi’s sarcoma, substance abuse, Hepatitis C, and heart failure. Patient was previously treated for cryptococcal meningitis, neurosyphilis, VZV encephalitis, and ESBL UTI. He presents to the hospital due to shortness of breath, facial pain, malaise, neck stiffness, and abdominal pain with bilious vomiting. [...]

Case Presentation: A 19-year-old male with recent diagnosis of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) (CD4 580/mm³ and viral load 1.2 million/mm³) and Kaposi sarcoma (KS) was transferred to our hospital for refractory thrombocytopenia. Prior to his presentation, he experienced a month of fatigue, night sweats, weight loss, and facial and neck swelling. His outside hospital workup [...]