Meeting
Abstract Number: 552
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: Teriflunomide is a pyrimidine synthesis inhibitor used in management of Relapsing Remitting Multiple Sclerosis (RRMS). Leflunomide is the active agent which has been used in rheumatoid arthritis. Chronic diarrhea has been associated with both of these. However, there is no evidence in literature to suggest clostridium difficile (C.Diff) diarrhea associated with these agents. […]
Abstract Number: 715
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: 62-year-old man with recent hospitalization for septic shock due to toe osteomyelitis,complicated by severe C. difficile infection requiring fecal transplant 3 weeks prior to admission,presenting with confusion,right-sided weakness,and ataxia.Symptoms were first noted 2 weeks after the fecal transplant and consisted of depressed mood and right shoulder weakness.Neurological exam was notable for neglect of […]