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Search Results for Bacteremia
Abstract Number: 589
Hospital Medicine 2016, March 6-9, San Diego, Calif.
Case Presentation: A 39 y/o Hispanic man presented with 1 week of fever, headache, photophobia, and mild confusion. His complaints and physical examination were consistent with possible meningitis, so empiric treatment with vancomycin, ceftriaxone and acyclovir was initiated following blood cultures. Laboratory data was significant for mild hyponatremia, transaminases 3-4X normal, monocytosis, and surprisingly normal […]
Abstract Number: 639
Hospital Medicine 2016, March 6-9, San Diego, Calif.
Case Presentation: A 72-year-old man with a history of severe COPD presented to the ER with 2 weeks of shortness of breath and productive cough. He denied sick contacts, hospitalizations, antibiotic use, or travel. On exam, patient was in mild respiratory distress with tachypnea, tachycardia and fever. He had decreased breath sounds bilaterally with diffuse […]
Abstract Number: 642
Hospital Medicine 2016, March 6-9, San Diego, Calif.
Case Presentation: 54 y.o female with a pmh of DM and HTN presented with 3 days of fever, chills and left flank discomfort. The patient reported the pain to be indolent in onset, dull and persistent w/o radiation. Fever, chills and anorexia began 2 days after onset of pain. All other review of systems were […]
Abstract Number: 777
Hospital Medicine 2016, March 6-9, San Diego, Calif.
Case Presentation: A 56 year old Caucasian male presented to the ED with left tongue swelling. His symptoms started 3 days prior with left neck and facial pain, and he had gone to an ENT who diagnosed him with a likely ear infection and started him on augmentin. On initial hospital presentation, he reported a […]