CASE HISTORY AND INITIAL TREATMENT: APPENDICITIS
I'd like to present a case of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus hospital-acquired pneumonia. This is a 64-year-old male who presented for severe abdominal pain, fever, and dehydration for approximately the last 24 hours before presenting to the emergency room. He was an insulin-dependent diabetic, had hypertension, and some mild renal insufficiency probably secondary to both of the above. His social history is significant for 45-pack-year smoking, and he had moderate alcohol use on a nearly daily basis.