Case Presentation: A 77-year-old man with spondylolisthesis, status post L4-S1 fusion surgery, presented for wound dehiscence and surgical site infection. He underwent incision and drainage with cultures growing S Epidermidis.  Given the patient’s medication allergies and intolerances, infectious diseases (ID) was consulted with plan for a 6-week course of daptomycin. Thirteen days into the treatment, [...]

Case Presentation: We present a case of early and atypical checkpoint inhibitor pneumonitis (CIP) in an elderly female with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) who received just two infusions of Pembrolizumab for stage III non-small cell lung carcinoma (NSCLC). Before starting immunotherapy, she had been receiving chemotherapy with carboplatin and paclitaxel for 6 months. The [...]

Case Presentation: An 80-year-old male with a history of atrial fibrillation post-ablation on apixaban, COPD, hypertension, and Stage IIIC malignant melanoma post-immunotherapy with nivolumab complicated by non-resolving pneumonitis presented with worsening dyspnea and tachycardia. In the ED, he was found to have atrial flutter with rapid ventricular response (RVR), elevated high-sensitivity troponin, and brain natriuretic [...]