History: We present a 69-year-old male with a history of hypertension and a prior history of COVID-19 infection one year ago, who presented to the ER with persistent symptoms of headache, sinus pressure, and progressive left-sided visual loss for one year. The post September 2024 Case of the Month appeared first on Doctor Fungus ..read more

An 88-year-old female with hemochromatosis and cirrhosis presented with persistent left-sided otalgia, decreased hearing, and occipital headaches for several months. The post August 2024 Case of the Month appeared first on Doctor Fungus ..read more

A 69-year-old man with a history of stage IIIB esophageal adenocarcinoma status post chemoradiation presented with a hydropneumothorax complicated by a polymicrobial multidrug resistant empyema. The post July 2024 Case of the Month appeared first on Doctor Fungus ..read more

A 28-year-old man from North Carolina presents with headaches, expressive aphasia, and seizures eight months after diagnosis with Cryptococcus neoformans meningitis. Regarding his initial presentation with Cryptococcus meningitis, he presented with dyspnea, difficulty walking, and expressive aphasia. The post June 2024 Case of the Month appeared first on Doctor Fungus ..read more

History: A 26-year-old healthy female presented to Infectious Diseases for evaluation of a rash that had been present for over one year. The rash first started when she traveled to Bangladesh and had sexual intercourse with a male partner who had a rash on his genitals and buttocks. The post May 2024 Case of the Month appeared first on Doctor Fungus ..read more

A 71-year-old man with a history of sarcoidosis complicated by multisystem involvement (liver, spleen, lung, brain, and lymph nodes), who had been maintained on prednisone (10 mg daily) and adalimumab, presented to our medical facility in late fall with a 3-month (m) history of progressive fatigue and weight loss.  The post April 2024 Case of the Month appeared first on Doctor Fungus ..read more

The patient’s post-transplant course was complex and was most recently (starting in Spring of 2023) complicated by Tandem heart placement for worsening heart failure, bioprosthetic mitral valve replacement, PEA cardiac arrest (requiring about 5 days of  VA-ECMO), AKI needing CRRT, placement of tracheostomy, and pulmonary Mycobacterium abscessus infection. The post October 2023 Case of the Month appeared first on Doctor Fungus ..read more

Title: Necrotizing pancreatitis with invasive candidiasis and candidemia due to Candida albicans and pan-echinocandin-resistant Candida glabrata Submitted by: Laman Rahimli MD, Jon Salmanton-García PhD, Prof. Oliver A. Cornely MD, Jannik Stemler MD Institution: University of Cologne, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, Department I of Internal Medicine, Excellence Center for Medical Mycology (ECMM), Cologne, Germany andUniversity of Cologne, Cologne Excellence Cluster on Cellular Stress Responses in Aging-Associated Diseases (CECAD), Cologne, Germany. Email: laman.rahimli@uk.k ..read more

A 58-year-old male presented to our health system’s walk-in orthopedic clinic complaining of worsening pain and swelling of the third 3rd digit of his left hand. The post January 2023 Case of the Month appeared first on Doctor Fungus ..read more

A 41-year-old man with past medical history of diabetes mellitus type II, osteomyelitis s/p right above knee amputation, myocardial infarction s/p AICD placement, and hypertension presented with a three-day history of worsening headaches, photophobia, fever, and right hip pain. The post September 2022 Case of the Month appeared first on Doctor Fungus ..read more