Meeting
Abstract Number: 442
Hospital Medicine 2017, May 1-4, 2017; Las Vegas, Nev.
Case Presentation: A 54 year-old-woman presented with one week of progressive fatigue, shortness of breath, and productive cough. Physical exam revealed fever of 101.6⁰ F, poor oral dentition, bilateral pulmonary crackles and left lower quadrant abdominal tenderness. Initial laboratory workup was remarkable for elevated procalcitonin which prompted initiation of broad spectrum antibiotics. Chest X-ray was […]
Abstract Number: 701
Hospital Medicine 2017, May 1-4, 2017; Las Vegas, Nev.
Case Presentation: The patient is a 29 year old woman with a history of intravenous drug abuse, admitted six weeks postpartum for MSSA bacteremia and tricuspid valve endocarditis (4 x 2.5 cm vegetation) complicated by bilateral pulmonary septic emboli with loculated empyema. She was started on nafcillin, which complicated the course with acute interstitial nephritis […]