Meeting
Abstract Number: 476
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: A 69-year-old woman with metastatic breast cancer, atrial fibrillation (on coumadin) and CKD stage III was admitted after a fall. She was treated for pneumonia with ceftriaxone and azithromycin. On hospital day 2, the patient became encephalopathic, hypotensive and required endotracheal intubation for hypercapneic respiratory failure. Antibiotics were broadened to vancomycin and piperacillin/tazobactam.On […]
Abstract Number: 856
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: A 29 year old man with a history of uncontrolled type 1 diabetes and skin picking disorder presented with cellulitis and abscess of the left ankle. He had multiple prior admissions for similar infections due to MRSA. He was placed on vancomycin and underwent successful surgical debridement.On hospital day four, physical exam revealed […]