Meeting
Abstract Number: 557
Hospital Medicine 2017, May 1-4, 2017; Las Vegas, Nev.
Case Presentation: Our patient was a 56 year-old immunocompromised male with a history of active CML (Chronic Myelocytic Leukemia) on active chemotherapy who was undergoing treatment with doxycycline and fluconazole for actinomycosis and coccidioidomycosis diagnosed via BAL (bronchoalveolar lavage) and sputum culture respectively during a recent hospitalization two weeks prior. He presented with persistent non-productive […]
Abstract Number: 735
Hospital Medicine 2017, May 1-4, 2017; Las Vegas, Nev.
Case Presentation: A 36-year-old African American male, with accelerated phase Philadelphia chromosome positive CML on dasatinib, presented to a community hospital with abdominal pain, distention, and melenic stools 10 days after being discharged. During the previous admission, he received treatment for recurrent upper gastrointestinal (GI) hemorrhage due to a 1cm duodenal bulb ulcer with underlying […]