Abstract:A 29-year-old Caucasian male presented with a sharp right-sided chest pain and worsening dyspnea of two days duration. He reported chronic cough with productive, purulent, non-bloody phlegm for two years. He denied fevers, chills, or weight loss. He lived in Kansas and denied foreign travel or incarcerations. He had a 20 pack-years cigarette smoking history. He also routinely smoked marijuana. The patient had leukocytosis with a white blood cell count of 18,400 (neutrophils 73%, lymphocytes 17%, and eosinophil… Show more
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