Meeting
Abstract Number: 709
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: A 63-year-old woman woman presented after multiple episodes of seizure. She had no prior history of seizures or alcoholism. The patient had a deceased donor renal transplant 6 months prior complicated by persistent right perinephric fluid collection treated with long term piperacillin-tazobactam therapy. Attempts to obtain microbiology were unsuccessful and patient was started […]
Abstract Number: 726
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: Human Herpes Virus 6 (HHV-6) is a member of the herpesviridae family. HHV-6 is the causative agent in roseola infantum, a usually mild and self-limiting childhood exanthem. HHV-6 is also associated with a variety of syndromes in recipients of hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT), including hepatitis, encephalitis, and bone marrow suppression. However, HHV-6 […]