Case Presentation: An 83-year-old male with type 2 diabetes (hemoglobin A1C of 10.9) and recurrent herpes zoster presented with 3 days of worsening unilateral facial pain, headache, rash, and nausea. Of note, the patient had been vaccinated with the live varicella zoster virus (VZV) vaccine (Zostavax) 3 years prior. Physical exam revealed a right sided [...]

Case Presentation: A 71 year-old man with no medical history presented in October with fevers, headache, neck stiffness, photophobia, and confusion for 3 days. Per family, patient was fully functional with no memory deficits at baseline. He never traveled outside of New York tri-state area and has had no sick contacts or insect bites. Initial [...]

Case Presentation: A 77-year-old woman with a significant health history including metabolic syndrome, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, ischemic cardiomyopathy, stage III chronic kidney disease and a recently diagnosed SARS-CoV-2 infection. She presented with sepsis and cardiorenal syndrome. On arrival, she was in acute respiratory distress with severe metabolic and respiratory acidosis, and in oliguric state, [...]

Case Presentation: 62-year-old male admitted following new onset generalized tonic clonic seizure lasting 5-6 minutes witnessed by mother. Per EMS on scene, he was agitated and required ketamine and midazolam while on route to the hospital. Upon admission, he was hemodynamically stable with physical exam only remarkable for raised maculopapular rash extending from the left [...]

Case Presentation: Human Herpes Virus 6 (HHV-6) is a member of the herpesviridae family. HHV-6 is the causative agent in roseola infantum, a usually mild and self-limiting childhood exanthem. HHV-6 is also associated with a variety of syndromes in recipients of hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT), including hepatitis, encephalitis, and bone marrow suppression. However, HHV-6 [...]

Case Presentation: A 35-year-old woman with no significant medical history presented with severe headache, neck pain, photophobia, fevers, nausea, vomiting, and petechial rash for 5 days. She had recently attended a large outdoor wedding in rural Iowa. On exam her vital signs were within normal limits and neurologic exam was without focal deficits or meningeal [...]

Case Presentation: A 69-year-old patient was referred to us by his PCP for subacute onset of confusion. Two months prior to presentation he was diagnosed with Focal segmental glomerulonephritis and had been on immunosuppressive therapy with Mycophenolate mofetil and Prednisone. He subsequently developed productive cough, and shortness of breath and was found to have a [...]

Case Presentation: A 71 years old female with a history of hypertension presented with nausea, vomiting, and fall. She had non-bloody, non-bilious emesis after eating pork 2 days prior to admission. She worked in a kindergarten with no definitive sick contacts. She did not have abdominal pain or diarrhea but she experienced lightheadedness. She was [...]