Meeting
Abstract Number: 0512
SHM Converge 2025
Case Presentation: An 87-year-old male presented to the emergency department following a syncopal episode, preceded by one week of generalized weakness, poor oral intake, and acute left leg pain. His medical history included heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF), atrial fibrillation (AFib), chronic kidney disease (CKD) stage IV, rheumatoid arthritis (RA) managed with chronic [...]
Abstract Number: 1023
SHM Converge 2025
Case Presentation: A 68-year-old male with a three-year history of kidney transplantation on chronic immunosuppression presented with persistent hypotension and acute right leg pain secondary to a right lower extremity abscess. Initial comprehensive computed tomography (CT) revealed multiple additional abscesses, including neck, forearm, retroperitoneal, paravertebral and numerous pulmonary nodules. Given concerns for possible disseminated Nocardia, [...]