September 2020 Case of the Month
A 57-year-old male with hypertension and hypercholesterolemia underwent tissue aortic valve replacement for bicuspid aortic valve. Six months later, he presented to an outside hospital with sudden...
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View ArticleOctober 2020 Case of the Month
A 59-year-old male in-patient developed persistent fever and cough after 11 days of neutropenia following two cycles of chemotherapy for Hodgkins Lymphoma. The patient’s Hodgkins Lymphoma developed as...
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A 48-year-old female with type 2 diabetes mellitus and stage IV diffuse large B cell lymphoma complicated by secondary hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) was admitted to a tertiary care center...
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60 yo white male has experienced largely non-productive cough for over 2 years. He reports occasional sputum production and streaky hemoptysis. Has severe DOE with 20 yds walking before becoming SOB....
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A 70-year-old female with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) and prolonged neutropenia, status post 5 cycles of azacitidine and venetoclax, presented to the emergency department with two days of swelling...
View ArticleJune 2021 Case of the Month
A 59-year-old man was admitted with five days of diffuse body pain involving shoulders, arms, legs, chest, and back associated with fatigue and generalized weakness. The post June 2021 Case of the...
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A previously healthy 63-year-old male with no significant PMH presented to the emergency department as a level 2 trauma transfer from an outside hospital after sustaining a tree trunk injury to his...
View ArticleAugust 2021 Case of the Month
63 year old male, presents with shortness of breath and positive SARS-CoV 2 (COVID-19). The post August 2021 Case of the Month appeared first on Doctor Fungus.
View ArticleJanuary 2022 Case of the Month
A 66-year-old woman presented with exertional dyspnea, leg edema, pretibial skin hemorrhages and subjectively perceived deterioration of her general condition. The medical history included...
View ArticleFebruary 2022 Case of the Month
Case #1: COVID-19 and Pulmonary Aspergillus. 63-year-old male, presents with shortness of breath and positive SARS-CoV 2 (Covid). The post February 2022 Case of the Month appeared first on Doctor...
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Case #2: COVID-19 and Aspergillosis. 50-year-old male, shortness of breath, dry cough, fever and worsening hypoxia The post March 2022 Case of the Month appeared first on Doctor Fungus.
View ArticleCase #3 – COVID-19 and Aspergillosis
78 yo male, COVID+, worsening SOB. Recent hx: Transferred from OSH for worsening SOB, +CoVID 8 days prior to transfer. The post Case #3 – COVID-19 and Aspergillosis appeared first on Doctor Fungus.
View ArticleCase #4: Covid-19 and Candidemia
Case #4: Covid-19 and Candidemia A 63-year-old male who was transferred from an outside Hospital for acute hypoxic respiratory failure secondary to COVID-19 initially to the regular hospital floor...
View ArticleCase #5: COVID-19 and Pulmonary Aspergillus
Case #5: COVID-19 and Pulmonary Aspergillus 66-year-old white male admitted to the hospital for COVID-19 pneumonia with a two-week history of worsening shortness of breath, fevers, myalgias, anosmia,...
View ArticleCase #6: COVID-19 and pulmonary aspergillosis and pulmonary cryptococcosis
A 59-year-old man was admitted to a different hospital in Maryland, USA in January 2021 with bilateral pneumonia and diagnosed with COVID-19 The post Case #6: COVID-19 and pulmonary aspergillosis and...
View ArticleCase #7: COVID-19 and Relapse of Coccidioidomycosis
Patient reports developed COVID in November of 2020 and although his initial symptoms of COVID19 resolved over 2-3 weeks he thereafter developed a “second” course of fever, chills and night sweats with...
View ArticleCase #8: COVID-19 and Aspergillosis
56-year-old man was admitted to an outside hospital with fever, short of breath and hypoxia. COVID-19 was diagnosed in the emergency room. He was treated with remdesivir and dexamethasone along with...
View ArticleApril 2022 Case of the Month
A 36 year old man presented with progressively worsening headache, associated emesis and new onset altered mental status a few days after being discharged following a prolonged and complex...
View ArticleMay 2022 Case of the Month
A 54-year-old man status post remote orthotopic heart transplantation for non-ischemic cardiomyopathy complicated by cardiac allograft vasculopathy was admitted for redo orthotopic heart...
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