Bacterial Infections

A 60-year-old man presented to our emergency department with a 1-week history of cough, dyspnea, and lower extremity edema. His medical history was significant for alcoholic cirrhosis, type 2 diabetes, and...

A 36-year-old man presented for evaluation of relapsing fevers. He reported fevers as high as 40 °C and has had 6 such episodes in the past 6 months that have lasted between 2 to 14 days.

A 26-year-old incarcerated man presented to the emergency department with a complication of osteomyelitis of the left ischium, which had been diagnosed previously.

A previously healthy, 13-year-old boy presented to our hospital with a painful mass in the left popliteal fossa. Approximately 3 weeks prior to presentation, he had reported injuring his left lower...

A 38-year-old man with a history of diverticulitis presented to the emergency department with a 4-day history of intermittent worsening right upper quadrant abdominal pain associated with nausea and...

A 57-year-old woman with a history of hypothyroidism and breast cancer, for which she had undergone a mastectomy 10 years prior, presented to the emergency department with a 1-day history of right...

An 80-year-old man with a history of type 2 diabetes mellitus, end-stage kidney disease on hemodialysis via a left arteriovenous fistula, and hypertension presented with a dry cough and had had a syncopal...

A 44-year-old man accidentally fell from a deer stand while hunting and sustained multiple orthopedic injuries. Two months after left femur nailing and fixation of left pilon fracture, he was noted to have...

A 45-year-old man with a history of gastroesophageal reflux disease was admitted to the hospital for elective repair of severe mitral valve regurgitation.

A 41-year-old man with a history of treated hepatitis C virus infection, methadone dependence, and intravenous drug use presented with a 1-day history of left suprascapular pain. He reported intravenous...