Pyomyositis

JUST A LITTLE STICK: A PERIPHERAL IV LEADS TO PYOMYOSITIS IN AN IMMUNOCOMPETENT PATIENT

Case Presentation: A 71-year-old male with a PMH of HTN, HLD, tongue cancer, GERD, CAD, and BPH presented to the hospital with a chief complaint of right-side shoulder pain, erythema, and warmth that started two [...]

By | 2019-03-11T14:34:08+00:00 March 11th, 2019|Adult, Clinical Vignettes, Hospital Medicine 2019|Comments Off

WHO’S ON FIRST. WHAT’S ON SECOND. MSSA ON THIRD.

Case Presentation: A 42-year-old man presented to an outside hospital emergency department with a complaint of worsening left hip pain and swelling. He attributed the pain to a sports related injury from a baseball tournament [...]

By | 2018-03-19T13:03:50+00:00 March 19th, 2018|Adult, Clinical Vignettes, Hospital Medicine 2018|Comments Off