Meeting
Abstract Number: 364
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Background: Patients who have undergone hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) are at a higher risk of infection compared to their healthy counterparts. This retrospective chart review aimed to elucidate the incidence and etiology of skin infections in HSCT patients and understand the relationship between these infections and graft-versus host disease (GVHD), neutropenia, and transplant type. […]
Abstract Number: 507
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: 66 yr old female presented to hospital with a 2 days hx of fever to 102.6F and bilateral pruritic forearm rash. 4 weeks prior she was diagnosed with MSSA bacteremia and acute heart failure secondary to infective endocarditis. Treatment at that time included a bioprosthetic aortic valve replacement and MV annuloplasty and course […]
Abstract Number: 528
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: A 24 year-old woman with history of breast cancer status post mastectomy and adjuvant chemoradiation therapy presented with one week of fevers and cervical lymph node enlargement. On presentation, she was febrile with a temperature of 38.7⁰C. Physical exam was notable for tender, firm, bilateral posterior cervical chain lymphadenopathy up to 1cm. WBC […]