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Search Results for CYTOMEGALOVIRUS
Abstract Number: 533
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: A 32 year-old female with history of systemic lupus erythematosus, depression and anxiety was admitted to the medical ward with cytomegalovirus pneumonitis and viremia. On hospitalization day 21, patient had an acute change in mental status becoming nonverbal and non-interactive with examiner. Medications at the time of incident were ceftriaxone, valgancyclovir, thiamine, prednisone […]
Abstract Number: 534
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: A 32-year-old woman with history of lupus not on steroid or immunosuppressive therapy for more than 10 years presented with headache, generalized weakness, abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting, and malaise. On exam, the patient was afebrile with tachycardia and hypotension. She was ill-appearing with a diffusely tender abdomen, mild hepatomegaly, and enlarged axillary and […]
Abstract Number: 658
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: A 29-year-old otherwise healthy male presented to the emergency department with a 1-day history of abdominal pain radiating to his back and associated with nausea and nonbilious vomiting. He denied any fever, chills, heartburn, shortness of breath, chest pain, coughing, urinary symptoms, or change in bowel movements. He denied any previous similar pain. […]
Abstract Number: 807
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: A 70-year-old male who presented to us with worsening dyspnea on exertion and non-productive cough. Review of systems was negative. Vitals were unremarkable; physical examination was significant for bilateral basilar rales which were corroborated by his chest x-ray that revealed bilateral pleural effusions. Laboratory findings were notable for normocytic anemia and elevated liver […]
Abstract Number: 903
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: A 33 year old Israeli male with no medical history presented with fevers for 2 weeks after traveling to Guatemala. Nine days after his arrival to Guatemala, the patient developed rigors and daily fevers up to 102 ͦF. He reported associated malaise, headaches, rhinorrhea, sore throat, dry cough, nausea, joint and muscle aches; […]