Cough Radiculopathy: Postinfectious Cough-Related Acute Lumbar Radiculopathy.

Cough is a protective reflex of airways and lungs. Cough may result in several complications. Postinfectious cough is a cough that begins during an acute respiratory tract infection, usually is self-limited, and is due to airway hyperresponsiveness as a result of airway inflammation.

Babesiosis as a cause of false-positive HIV serology.

This is a case of a 71-year-old homosexual man who presented with a 4-day history of fever, weakness and headaches, near syncope, nausea and poor oral intake. The patient denied recent travel or sick contacts but had significant tick bites in the last 4 weeks. A peripheral blood smear showed 0.

Pneumomediastinum Complicating Diabetic Ketoacidosis and Boerhaave's Syndrome.

An 18-year-old man presented with altered mental status. He was found to have diabetic ketoacidosis. Chest X-ray showed pneumomediastinum.