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Abstract Number: F5
SHM Converge 2022
Background: People living with HIV (PLWH) are now anticipated to have near-normal life expectancies. With increased longevity comes the higher burden of non-infectious comorbidities related to the chronic immune activation and premature telomere shortening in PLWH, ranging from dyslipidemia to osteoporosis [1]. Increased comorbidity burden can lead to polypharmacy, defined as the concurrent use of […]
Abstract Number: A30
SHM Converge 2022
Case Presentation: A 19-year-old male with recent diagnosis of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) (CD4 580/mm³ and viral load 1.2 million/mm³) and Kaposi sarcoma (KS) was transferred to our hospital for refractory thrombocytopenia. Prior to his presentation, he experienced a month of fatigue, night sweats, weight loss, and facial and neck swelling. His outside hospital workup […]
Abstract Number: A37
SHM Converge 2022
Case Presentation: A 46-year-old male with no known past medical history presents with worsening chronic cough of one-year duration. He also reports shortness of breath and increasing fatigue during the same timeframe. On presentation, he is noted to have numerous umbilicated facial lesions that are actively bleeding. He was febrile to 103F, tachycardic to 130s, […]
Abstract Number: A46
SHM Converge 2022
Case Presentation: Our patient is a 27 y/o male with PMHx of HIV (CD4 count 740, HIV viral load 100 copies/mL), Type I Diabetes who presented to the emergency room for tachycardia and fever. ED vitals notable for temperature of 39.1° C and heart rate of 108. White blood cells notable to be 13.8 thousand/mcL. […]
Abstract Number: B40
SHM Converge 2022
Case Presentation: A 36-year-old male with no known past medical history presented with 2-month history of facial swelling and progressively worsening dysphagia. This was associated with diffuse, painless, purplish skin lesions involving multiple body parts. On admission, patient was hemodynamically stable. Examination was remarkable for oral candidiasis, diffuse purplish nodules of varying sizes involving his […]
Abstract Number: B42
SHM Converge 2022
Case Presentation: A 28-year-old man with recently diagnosed HIV (CD4 57/mm3), not on antiretroviral therapy (ART), presented to the hospital with shortness of breath for several days. He was severely hypoxic, requiring high-flow nasal cannula oxygen. Chest x-ray showed bilateral infiltrates. He was treated empirically with vancomycin and piperacillin/tazobactam for bacterial pneumonia, and Bactrim and […]
Abstract Number: C29
SHM Converge 2022
Case Presentation: A 27-year-old African American male with past medical history of hypertension presented with vomiting, diarrhea, chest pain and shortness of breath for about 1 week. He was septic with a temperature of 100.4F and heart rate of 130 bpm, but normotensive. No peripheral edema was present on exam. Leukocytosis (11.2K), anion gap metabolic […]
Abstract Number: C43
SHM Converge 2022
Case Presentation: A young man presented to the ED with four days of severe, sharp midsternal chest pain, fevers, diffuse arthralgias, bilateral conjunctivitis, diarrhea, and fatigue. He reported sexual intercourse with an HIV positive male partner four months prior to presentation and a history of multiple STI’s diagnosed in the past 6 years. Vitals: 101.5F, […]
Abstract Number: E34
SHM Converge 2022
Case Presentation: A 28-year-old man from Central America with a history of newly diagnosed human immunodeficiency virus (CD4 119 cells/mm^3, CD4 8%, viral load 61,000 copies/mL) presented with two months of progressive shortness of breath. Physical exam was remarkable for anasarca, diffuse cutaneous purpuric plaques as well as bilateral respiratory crackles. Chest x-ray revealed bilateral […]
Abstract Number: H38
SHM Converge 2022
Case Presentation: A 30-year-old man presented to the emergency department with dyspnea, dry cough, and skin lesions developed over the past two weeks. He is a man who has sex with men and immigrated from Thailand five years prior. He had not received primary care because of the lack of insurance and the COVID-19 pandemic. […]