Meeting
Abstract Number: 465
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: A 20 year-old IVDU female presented with 3 days of left eye pain and redness to an urgent ophthalmologist visit. She was found to have left eye retinal whitening superior to the macula to which vitreous tap was performed. Patient started on empiric treatment with injection of vancomycin, ceftriaxone, and voriconazole. Vitreous fluid […]
Abstract Number: 568
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: A 69-year-old female with no significant past medical history presented with three weeks of intermittent fevers followed by 24-hours of persistent fever associated with nausea, fatigue, and malaise. She lived in the metro-Boston area and worked part-time as a dog-walker. She reported a tick bite several weeks ago. Vital signs were notable for […]
Abstract Number: 873
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: A healthy, pleasant 25 years old male, dog-owner, with Down syndrome presented with generalized malaise, intermittent fevers, chills, sweating, abdominal pain, intermittent neck pain that progressively worsened over a week. His fever was ranging from 101-105 Fahrenheit and spiked nocturnally. He had raked the yard 2 weeks ago and his parents were concerned […]
Abstract Number: 878
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: A 43-year-old man presented with one month of progressively worsening malaise and polyarthralgias to the point that he could not walk or hold utensils. He reported that shortly after removing a tick from his thigh while in upstate New York he developed fevers, anorexia, dizziness, and memory problems in addition to the rheumatic […]