Strongyloides Hyperinfection Syndrome Triggered by a Single Dose of Dexamethasone Administered for Fetal Lung Development.

Strongyloides hyperinfection syndrome is a rare manifestation caused by the parasite and has mortality rates close to 90% if left untreated. Corticosteroids are commonly implicated as a trigger for hyperinfection syndrome in patients with Strongyloides autoinfection, and it has been suggested that even a single dose of corticosteroids can trigger hyperinfection syndrome. Here, we report a case of hyperinfection syndrome eight days after administering a single 8 mg dose of dexamethasone for fetal lung development before a late preterm, emergency cesarean section (C-section) delivery secondary to placental abruption.

bacteremia in an elderly healthy male.

is an anaerobic gram variable organism, which commonly causes bacterial vaginosis in women. It is uncommon for this organism to cause a urinary tract infection in males. We present a case of bacteremia in the setting of urolithiasis in an otherwise immunocompetent elderly male.

Disseminated of the wrist.

Disseminated gonococcal infection (DGI) is seen in about 0.5-3% of patients with . Patients with DGI present with mucosal involvement, septic arthritis and sometimes bacteremia.

Recurrence of Paget-Schroetter Syndrome: A Rare Case Report and Review of Literature.

Paget-Schroetter syndrome (PSS) is a primary upper extremity deep vein thrombosis (DVT) that occurs with no significant risk factors, mostly in a young and healthy patient. Treatment of this disease is discussed heavily in the literature and the optimal treatment method is still being debated. Here, we present a patient with PSS treated with balloon angioplasty, thrombolysis and treatment with an oral thrombin inhibitor (apixaban) who developed recurrence of PSS.