Case Presentation: Case presentationA 47 yo female with a history of hypertension, obesity, and prediabetes presented to the emergency department of a community hospital with a 2 week history of a nonproductive cough and generalized weakness. Her chest x-ray showed bilateral patchy airspace opacities. Chest CT PE protocol was negative for pulmonary embolus, but showed [...]

Case Presentation: A 57-year-old male with a history of renal transplant currently on immunosuppressive medication presents to the hospital with fevers and general malaise. Laboratory findings were significant for hypercalcemia (15.6 mg/dL) with suppressed parathyroid hormone (PTH) levels. Infectious investigation including urinalysis, chest x-ray, commuted tomography (CT) of the chest, abdomen, and pelvis, blood cultures, [...]

Case Presentation: 31-year-old man presented with two-weeks of shortness of breath to a New York City hospital in late-April 2020. Patient reported subjective fevers/chills and myalgias two weeks prior to presentation, eventually progressing to shortness of breath and a dry, non-productive cough. In the emergency department, he was noted to be in respiratory distress, saturating [...]

Case Presentation: 36-year-old male presented to ID clinic with painful left neck lump of 4 months duration worsening with pain and size for 2 months. Patient has h/o AIDS 2 years ago with cryptococcal meningitis, finished course of antibiotics and in remission with recent VL < 20, CD4 count 322, on daily Biktarvy. He also [...]