Case Presentation: A previously healthy 11-month-old female was admitted to the hospital with new onset of skin lesions. One month prior to admission, her parents noticed “bumps on her bottom.” They initially thought the bumps were secondary to insect bites, and took her to a local urgent care, where she was prescribed topical antibiotic ointment. [...]

Case Presentation: A 28-year old healthy female was admitted seven days post-operatively following Cesarean section for abdominal wound complications. On admission, she was septic; her scar was tender and erythematous with surrounding purple discoloration. Within a few hours, the edges of her scar turned dusky, extending well outside the originally marked boundaries. Aggressive debridement of [...]

Case Presentation: A 24 yo male with a history of juvenile idiopathic arthritis ( JIA), macrophage activation syndrome (MAS), and pyoderma gangrenosum presented with fever to 102.9F and rash for 2 days. He had a diffuse, erythematous, un-raised, itchy rash which started on his arms and spread to his chest and back. He had recently [...]

Case Presentation: A 40-year-old Caucasian male with a past medical history of polysubstance abuse, with a preference for cocaine, presented to the emergency department complaining of right groin pain. He was diagnosed with purulent cellulitis and broad spectrum intravenous antibiotics were initiated. Initial blood work found low WBC (3.7 x 103/mcL), with a low neutrophilic [...]

Case Presentation: A 55 year old male with history of ulcerative colitis and iron deficiency anemia presented to the emergency department with a 1 week history of progressive swelling, tenderness and erythema of a circumscribed area of his anterior chest. Similar lesions erupted over right 4th finger and right ankle 2 days prior to presentation. [...]

Case Presentation: 87-year-old man with a past medical history of wild type ATTR cardiac amyloidosis and atrial fibrillation, presented with a progressive right lower extremity ulcer. The wound initially started as a “pinhole” after dropping a toothpaste cap on the calf and progressed in the next three months despite multiple courses of antibiotics and wound [...]

Case Presentation: A 9-year-old female was admitted to a community hospital for intravenous antibiotic treatment of a purulent draining wound on her left shin (Image 1), which had worsened despite completing a 5-day course of oral clindamycin. An ultrasound of the wound showed a 0.8 cm complex hypoechoic collection, prompting urgent incision & drainage for [...]

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 21-year-old woman presented with pain and swelling of her right leg for the past 2 days. She noted that three weeks earlier, she fell off a jet ski in Miami and had some bruising to the area but no open wounds. On physical exam, her right anterior shin had a 3 cm [...]