Meeting
Abstract Number: 700
SHM Converge 2023
Case Presentation: A 24-year-old male with past medical history of sickle cell trait, bicytopenia (with a negative outpatient hematology and oncology workup) and diagnosed acute rheumatic fever 7 months earlier (on prophylactic penicillin BID) presents to the emergency department with 3 weeks of fevers, night sweats, migratory arthralgias and painful subcutaneous nodules involving primarily the […]
Abstract Number: 881
SHM Converge 2023
Case Presentation: A previously healthy, obese 15-year-old male presented to an ED in North Carolina with acute encephalopathy preceded by six days of flu-like symptoms with one day of diarrhea and cough. On presentation, he was febrile, tachycardic, tachypneic, with other vital signs normal. He was disoriented with slowed speech, inappropriate laughter, and delayed verbal […]
Abstract Number: 895
SHM Converge 2023
Case Presentation: A 25-day old, full term male, presented to the ED with one day of decreased oral intake and a rectal temperature of 39.2ºC.In the ED, the patient was febrile to 38.6 ºC and had mottled skin with an otherwise unremarkable physical examination. Initial workup included CBC with a WBC of 3.6 10^3/uL, ANC […]