Meeting
Abstract Number: 611
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Case Presentation: An 18 year old male in Florida with a history of asthma developed frontal headaches three months ago. He was diagnosed with sinusitis, and was prescribed oral amoxicillin/clavulanic acid. However, within two weeks his headaches worsened, fevers developed, and his family observed him walking into walls. At an outside hospital, his lumbar puncture […]
Abstract Number: 689
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Case Presentation: Progressive dysphagia associated with weight loss is usually related to upper gastrointestinal cancer. As a differential diagnosis, fungal infections may present with a similar clinical presentation due to upper GI lesions. Paracoccidioidomycosis (PCM) infection is a systemic granulomatous disease caused by the fungi Paracoccidioides brasiliensis, especially important in rural areas of Latin America. […]