| Case 1 | Case 2 | Case 3 | Case 4 | Case 5 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age (in years) | 64 | 57 | 31 | 37 | 43 |
| Gender | F | M | M | F | M |
| Comorbidities | Type 2 DM | Type 2 DM | Cocaine abuse | Heroin dependence | Heroin dependence |
| Presenting symptoms | Confusion, Urinary frequency | Fever, chills, pleuritic chest pain | Fever, pleuritic chest pain | Fever, cough, pleuritic chest pain | Fever, leg pain, pleuritic chest pain |
| Extrapulmonary source | Left pyelonephritis | Vertebral osteomyelitis, paraspinal abscesses | Left thigh pyomyositis | Right thigh cellulitis/abscess | Left thigh abscess |
| Pathogen (isolation sites) | MSSA (blood, urine) | MSSA (blood, abscess) | Group C B-hemolytic Streptococcus (blood, bronchoalveolar lavage) | MRSA (blood, abscess) | MSSA (blood, abscess) |
| Thrombosis | Right renal vein/inferior Vena cava | Azygous vein | Left femoral vein | Right femoral vein | Left femoral vein |
| CXR findings | Left lower lobe Consolidation | Right upper lobe cavitary lesion | Bilateral non specific infiltrates | Bilateral non specific infiltrates | Left lower lobe consolidation |
| CT findings | Bilateral nodules, effusion, consolidation left | Bilateral cavitary nodules, consolidation | Bilateral cavitary nodules, pleural effusions | Bilateral cavitary nodules | Bilateral cavitary nodules |
| Echocardiogram | No vegetations* | No vegetations* | No vegetations | Tricuspid vegetations | No vegetations* |
| TIA/Stroke, systemic embolic phenomena | None | None | None | None | None |
| Hemorrhaghic complications | None | None | Hemopericardium | None | None |
| Follow up Imaging | Resolving | Resolving | Resolving | Resolving | Resolving |