Brucellosis is a common zoonotic infection. typically presents with fever, weakness, night sweats, and arthralgias. Symptoms associated Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) infection Brucella spp. are similar to one another, which may lead delayed diagnosis of the latter condition. There no previous reports brucellosis in patient previously diagnosed COVID-19. We present here case 20-year-old ma...

A 22-month-old African refugee male was referred to our emergency department by his pediatrician for prolonged fever. He was previously healthy and had just moved from Tanzania to Dallas, TX, 9 months before presentation. He had intermittent high fevers to 103°F, along with chills and night sweats for 7 days. Upper respiratory symptoms, including nasal congestion and cough, were noted for a few...

This case report describes a 32-year-old male who presented to an emergency department with severe chest pain and a history of cough, fever, night sweats, loss of appetite and weight. Chest radiography revealed a left upper lobe consolidation and multiple compression deformities in the thoracic spine. Magnetic resonance imaging demonstrated significant kyphosis and vertebral plana at two thorac...

Kikuchi-Fujimoto Disease is a rare, benign cause of lymphadenopathy that is often associated with fever, night sweats, and weight loss. The clinical and laboratory manifestation of Kikuchi-Fujimoto Disease are similar to those of lymphoma, tuberculosis, sarcoidosis, systemic lupus erythematosus, and it is often mistaken for these disorders. Definitive diagnosis is accomplished by lymph node bio...

A 39-year-old man presented to the emergency department with a 2-week history of mild abdominal pain, abdominal distention, and dyspnea. He had a nonproductive cough with sharp chest pain, chills, night sweats, anorexia, and early satiety. A 20-lb weight gain with bilateral lower extremity swelling was also reported. An outpatient course of doxycycline had failed to improve his symptoms. His me...

A 72-year-old female was admitted with the symptoms of malaise, loss of appetite, upper right quadrant pain, fever, and sweats, which had been present for last 7 days. CT-scan of the abdomen revealed a hypodense mass in the right liver lobe; histopathological examination of the biopsy specimen yielded a diagnosis of actinomycotic abscess. Treatment with intravenous ampicillin for 8 weeks follow...

A 46 year old Nigerian man presented with a four week history of progressive bilateral visual loss. He had been unwell, with weight loss, fever, and night sweats for six months. Dilated fundoscopy revealed macular haemorrhages and diffuse Roth's spots. The patient was found to be severely anaemic and a bone marrow aspirate revealed a T cell lymphoma with a decreased CD4+ T cell count. The patie...

Angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma (AITL) is a rare, aggressive form of peripheral T-cell lymphoma that is characterized by lymphadenopathy, night sweats, fever, weight loss, and autoimmune phenomena. Cutaneous manifestations are present in up to 50% of cases. AITL comprises 1-2% of all nonHodgkin’s lymphomas. It typically presents in the seventh decade, however cases have been reported in adul...

A previously healthy woman aged 53 years presented with cough, night sweats and weakness. Chest roentgenogram revealed a reticulonodular infiltrate of the right upper lung. Multiple sputum cultures were positive for Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare, with no immunodeficiency disease. Fibreoptic endoscopy showed multiple tracheal cartilaginous knobs from a tracheobronchopathia osteochondroplast...