Photo Quiz: Pneumonia and Pyogenic Skin Abscesses in a 79-Year-Old Man.

A community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus liver abscess.

Liver abscesses caused by community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus are rarely reported. We report such a case in a 25-year-old man who presented with an intermittent fever. He had a history of prolonged antibiotic use for acne and skin abscesses. The liver abscess was successfully treated with percutaneous drainage and a prolonged course of linezolid. To our knowledge, thi...

Isolated pyogenic pancreatic abscess mimicking a neoplasm.

CONTEXT Pancreatic abscesses are uncommon and usually occur in the setting of pancreatitis. Isolated pyogenic pancreatic abscesses without any precipitating events are extremely rare. CASE REPORT A 72-year-old man with a two month history of non-specific abdominal discomfort, distension, anorexia and weight loss was admitted for further evaluation. A computer tomography scan showed a lesion o...

Treatment of pyoderma gangrenosum with granulocyte and monocyte adsorption apheresis.

Pyoderma gangrenosum is an intractable skin disorder characterized by the development of erythematous pustules or nodules that rapidly progress to destructive, necrotizing, non-infective ulcers. We assessed the efficacy of granulocyte and monocyte adsorption apheresis (GCAP) therapy in two new patients, a 67-year-old man with ulcerations on his lower leg, and a 44-year-old man with turgid eryth...

Photo Quiz: A 46-Year-Old Man with a Lung Mass and History of Hemoptysis.

Photo quiz: a 69-year-old man with aortic native valve endocarditis.