Bacterial Infections

Intravesical administration of bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) is a common adjunctive therapy in the treatment of superficial bladder cancer, and local and systemic infectious and noninfectious complications...

A 73-year-old man with a history of hypertension, type 2 diabetes, aortic stenosis, and coronary artery disease presented with left flank pain.

A 49-year-old man presented to the emergency department for a chronic cough with intermittent hemoptysis, fever, and flank pain. He denied any history of tuberculosis exposure or smoking.

A 38-year-old woman with no significant medical history presented to an urgent care center with mild dysuria, urgency, and hesitancy of 1 week’s duration.

A 39-year-old man presented to our hospital from a local county jail with a 5-day history of diarrhea and vomiting associated with abdominal pain.

P acnes is part of the normal skin flora. This gram-positive organism is normally found on facial skin and hair follicles, and it is mostly recognized in the pathophysiology of acne vulgaris.

A 13-year-old girl presented to the emergency department with a 3-hour history of altered mental status, vomiting, and fever. One week prior, she had been seen at a local urgent care clinic with rhinorrhea,...

A 31-year-old previously healthy woman was admitted to the hospital for a 5-day history of bloody diarrhea and associated epigastric abdominal pain. She reported having a fever, with a maximum temperature...

This review highlights the cases of 10 patients with cancer and with culture-confirmed gastrostomy tube site infections.

A 3-year-old African American girl presented to the emergency department with 4 consecutive days of fever, a diffuse papular rash, conjunctival injection, and skin peeling on her palms, soles, and genital...