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Search Results for Immunocompetent
Abstract Number: 38
SHM Converge 2024
Case Presentation: A 66-year-old Hispanic male with a history of primary hypertension and type 2 diabetes mellitus presents to hospital with 3 months of progressive fatigue, poor appetite, watery diarrhea, dizziness, and vomiting. Vital signs were notable for postural hypotension (BP 146/84 sitting, BP 118/72 standing). Physical examination was normal with no skin or mucous […]
Abstract Number: 538
SHM Converge 2024
Case Presentation: Patient was a 26-year-old female with history of methamphetamine abuse, previous C trachomatis infection, and heart failure with reduced ejection fraction who presented via EMS for acute hypoxic respiratory failure and unresponsiveness and was intubated in ED. Initial vitals include systolic blood pressure of 80, undetectable diastolic blood pressure, heart rate of 168 […]
Abstract Number: 553
SHM Converge 2024
Case Presentation: A 56-year-old immunocompetent man with history of inhaled methamphetamine use, poor dentition and recent all-terrain vehicle (ATV) accident requiring chest tube, presented with 1 week of progressive hallucinations, who was found to have multiple ring enhancing brain lesions. Initially, he was afebrile with normal vitals, minimally responsive to noxious stimuli and moving all […]
Abstract Number: 581
SHM Converge 2024
Case Presentation: A 51-year-old African American female with a past medical history of hypertension, hyperlipidemia, and alcohol use disorder presented with acute onset confusion and difficulty with communication upon awakening preceded by intermittent mild headache for a few weeks. While in the emergency room, the patient experienced a grand mal seizure. The patient was afebrile […]
Abstract Number: 624
SHM Converge 2024
Case Presentation: An 80 year-old male with a past medical history of hypertension, hyperlipidemia, coronary artery disease with previous coronary artery bypass graft 4 years prior, and chronic diastolic heart failure presented with three days of acute onset weakness, abdominal pain, and subjective fevers. Patient had a fall one month prior to presentation and had […]
Abstract Number: 638
SHM Converge 2024
Case Presentation: The patient is a 50-year-old male with a past medical history of type 2 diabetes mellitus, hypertension, heavy alcohol use, and one pack per day tobacco use who presented with epigastric abdominal pain, an episode of hematemesis, and a three-week history of nosebleeds and bloody sputum. After admission, the patient described the pain […]