Case Presentation: A previously healthy 48 year-old Guatemalan male presented with malaise, anorexia, 20-pound weight loss. Three weeks prior, he had fever, chills, emesis and diarrhea. A thorough history revealed that the patient was having [...]
Case Presentation: A 57-year-old man with past medical history of hypertension and left partial nephrectomy for renal cell carcinoma presented to the emergency department with several days of fevers, diarrhea, and fatigue. On examination, the [...]
Case Presentation: 19-year-old slaughterhouse worker from Pennsylvania presented to the hospital with recurrent episodes of fever, myalgias, dysphagia, headache, and diarrhea. He denied recent travel, tick bites and sick contacts. He was febrile at 102.6F [...]