Meeting
Abstract Number: 493
SHM Converge 2024
Case Presentation: A 57-year-old female with a medical history of uncontrolled diabetes with a hemoglobin A1C of 14, hypertension, and a previous right-sided stroke presented to the emergency department with a four-day history of nausea, vomiting, watery diarrhea, fever and chills. On presentation, the patient was hemodynamic stable with no fevers. Physical examination revealed no […]
Abstract Number: 644
SHM Converge 2024
Case Presentation: A 45-year-old female with a history of agammaglobulinemia, gastroparesis post G & J tubes, complicated by failure to thrive necessitating TPN via a Hickman catheter presents, 2 years after catheter placement, with confusion, weakness and abdominal pain. She was admitted to the ICU for septic shock.Blood cultures were positive for MRSA and Candida […]
Abstract Number: 664
SHM Converge 2024
Case Presentation: An 80-year-old Caucasian male with a recent history of transaortic valve replacement three months ago was admitted to the hospital with a history of malaise, and 20 pounds of weight loss in 2 months—no history of diarrhea, fever, vomiting or skin rash. Notably, the patient had multiple admissions for septicemia with salmonella species […]
Abstract Number: 757
SHM Converge 2024
Case Presentation: This case report describes a 63-year-old man with a medical history of hypertension, hyperlipidemia, abdominal aortic aneurysm status post endovascular repair, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and alcohol use disorder, who presented to the emergency department with a three-week history of generalized weakness followed by a fever for the last three days. Physical examination […]