Case Presentation: The diagnosis of a sexually active young male who presents with fevers, night sweats, weight loss with opportunistic infections and then found to have an acquired immunodeficiency is going to be HIV except when it isn’t. We present a patient with a presumptive diagnosis of HIV but a negative comprehensive HIV laboratory testing [...]

Case Presentation: A 65-year-old male with a past medical history of hypersensitivity pneumonitis/bronchiolitis, coronary artery disease, hypertension and hyperlipidemia was admitted for uncontrolled pain. Myalgias and fatigue were present for a month following a tick bite and shingles. He was treated with doxycycline 100mg twice a day for 14 days and valacyclovir 1g three times [...]

Case Presentation: A 40-year-old male of Hispanic/Asian origin with a history of diabetes mellitus type II, hypertension, dyslipidemia, recurrent sinusitis and bilateral otitis media presented to the emergency department complaining of acute hand joints pain, nasal congestion and left ear pain. On physical examination, he appeared fatigued with no acute distress. He had prominent sinus [...]