Background: This presentation will describe a novel study started during a sabbatical year in Colombia. It will briefly cover logistics of taking a sabbatical year and then discuss the ongoing project and preliminary results. Dengue, a neglected tropical viral disease transmitted by the Aedes egypti mosquito, is endemic in Colombia and serves as an ideal [...]

Case Presentation: A 63-year-old African American man with no past medical history, originally from the rural Pacific Coast in Colombia, South America, presented with two months of diffuse abdominal pain, intermittent diarrhea and dry cough. Other symptoms included low-grade fever and a 40-pound weight loss. He denied any rashes. Physical exam revealed a cachectic patient [...]

Case Presentation: A 91-year-old healthy Taiwanese female presented with a worsening skin lesion on her right forearm. Initially, she had mild skin breakdown, which progressed to redness, swelling and increased warmth to the touch. The patient noted some purple spots in her lower extremities, especially around her right knee. The female patient denied any swollen [...]

Case Presentation: This is a 35-year old Indian female, living in the United States for the past several years, presented with chronic mid-epigastric and left upper quadrant pain radiating to the back, nausea, and bilious vomiting. She complained of oily loose stools for the past 2 months. Her medical history is notable for insulin-dependent diabetes [...]

Case Presentation: A 28-year-old male with no significant past medical history presented with acute onset of left arm numbness, paresthesia, itching, and rash. The patient works as a roofer, where he occasionally walks barefoot, and reported an injury to his left hand about 2 weeks prior to presentation. The injured area was covered with blisters, [...]

Case Presentation: A 56-year-old woman with a history of gastric bypass surgery six years prior, vitamin B12 deficiency, latent TB, and recent bilateral granulomatous panuveitis of unclear etiology one year prior (treated empirically with TMP/SMX for possible toxoplasmosis) presented to the hospital with falls at home. On further history, she endorsed four months of gradually [...]

Case Presentation: An 8-year-old fully vaccinated female developed fever, abdominal pain, sore throat, and vomiting 6 days prior to admission. When seen by her pediatrician 4 days prior, she had an erythematous oropharynx and was treated with amoxicillin for streptococcus pharyngitis. The following day, she developed blood-streaked emesis and was seen in a local Emergency [...]