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Abstract Number: 592
Hospital Medicine 2017, May 1-4, 2017; Las Vegas, Nev.
Case Presentation: A 29-year-old male patient with no past medical history was admitted initially with bilateral lower extremities (LE) weakness and right side facial paralysis. Before the onset of the symptoms, he reported that he developed round red spots with fever after being in the woods. His neurologic exam was positive for absent reflexes in […]
Abstract Number: 739
Hospital Medicine 2017, May 1-4, 2017; Las Vegas, Nev.
Case Presentation: A 52-year-old male, active hiker presented to the emergency department with fever, chills and palpitations for one week. He had noticed a 20 cm rash in his groin for 6 weeks. On examination, his vital signs were within normal limits and there was a faint, left groin rash which was about 10 cm […]
Abstract Number: 812
Hospital Medicine 2017, May 1-4, 2017; Las Vegas, Nev.
Case Presentation: This is a 13 year-old premenarchal girl with no significant past medical history who began to experience malaise, headaches, and subjective fevers 5-6 days prior to admission. Subsequently she began to experience vulvar pain. This was followed by vulvar erythema which developed into “black dots” that began to ulcerate. Two days prior to […]
Abstract Number: 819
Hospital Medicine 2017, May 1-4, 2017; Las Vegas, Nev.
Case Presentation: A 7-year-old female with two weeks of morning headache presented to a north-midwestern hospital with one day of neck pain and fever. She had an episode of emesis but denied sick contacts, head trauma, or diarrhea. Exam revealed nuchal rigidity and irritability but no papilledema, focal neurologic al findings, or rash. Lumbar puncture […]
Abstract Number: 824
Hospital Medicine 2017, May 1-4, 2017; Las Vegas, Nev.
Case Presentation: The patient is a previously healthy two-month-old male who presented in August with six days of fever and a new-onset rash. He underwent a full sepsis evaluation and he was empirically started on Ceftriaxone. He had negative blood, urine and CSF cultures. His initial laboratory results were notable for a mild leukocytosis of […]
Abstract Number: 828
Hospital Medicine 2017, May 1-4, 2017; Las Vegas, Nev.
Case Presentation: An otherwise healthy 16-year-old male presented with two days of left thigh pain and swelling. He was initially evaluated in a community affiliate emergency department where the differential diagnosis included trauma with secondary compartment syndrome, septic arthritis, deep vein thrombosis and deep space muscle infection. Labs were remarkable for elevated inflammatory markers (ESR […]