Meeting
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: 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 […]