Meeting
Abstract Number: 477
Hospital Medicine 2016, March 6-9, San Diego, Calif.
Case Presentation: A 59-year-old male with a bicuspid aortic valve presented to the hospital with a syncopal event. One week earlier, a transesophageal echocardiogram (TEE) done for preoperative assessment had confirmed a heavily calcified bicuspid aortic valve and severe aortic insufficiency. He also reported 2 months of night sweats without fevers, 25-pound weight loss, and […]
Abstract Number: 566
Hospital Medicine 2016, March 6-9, San Diego, Calif.
Rothia mucilaginosa is an emerging opportunistic pathogen increasingly associated with prosthetic device infections. We report a case of R. mucilaginosa prosthetic device endocarditis and review the literature of infections caused by this organism. Case Presentation: 23 year old male with a history of polysubstance abuse presented to the emergency room with pleuritic chest pain of three weeks […]
Abstract Number: 607
Hospital Medicine 2016, March 6-9, San Diego, Calif.
Case Presentation: A 59-year-old female with history of well-controlled type 2 diabetes mellitus and hypertension presented with one-week history of high-grade fever (Temp 101 F), nausea, generalized weakness, and postural hypotension. She denied any diarrhea, chest pain, loss of consciousness, tinnitus, or visual changes. Patient also refuted any prior history of intravenous drug abuse. Physical […]