Adult Manifestation of Henoch-Schönlein Purpura.

A 51-year-old man initially presented to the hospital with a 2-week history of constipation, intermittently diffuse abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting, and productive cough. Results from chest x-ray and obstruction series appreciated a right lower lobe opacity and small right pleural effusion. The patient met sepsis criteria and was empirically covered for community-acquired pneumonia with vancomycin, piperacillin-tazobactam, moxifloxacin, and tobramycin. His hospital course was complicated by oliguria, acute kidney injury with a normal renal ultrasound, and transaminitis with a negative hepatitis panel. After clinical improvement, he was discharged on 2 additional days of levofloxacin to complete a 7-day antibiotic course.