A 43-year-old Caucasian man with a medical history of hypertension was transferred to Lahey Hospital and Medical Center from an outside hospital with a 2-week history of bilateral red eye, fevers, cough, myalgias and pain with swallowing.
Two weeks before presentation at our institution, the patient developed new-onset cough, fatigue and myalgias. Of note, the patient’s 4-year-old son had an upper respiratory tract infection 2 days before his symptom onset. The patient was seen at a local urgent care and prescribed oral azithromycin for presumed pneumonia. In the following days, (Read more...)
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