Meeting
Abstract Number: 774
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Case Presentation: A 36-year-old female was referred for an infectious disease consultation for severe lower back pain, 40 lbs weight lost over 6 months and abnormal MRI imaging consistent with discitis. She was in excellent health until 6 months prior to presentation, when she developed left gluteus muscle swelling, severe left hip and lower back […]
Abstract Number: 792
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Case Presentation: The patient is a 51 year old female with a past medical history of asthma, who presented with worsening, constant, right-sided frontal headaches for 1 month. Her headaches were associated with periorbital swelling and tenderness to palpation and swelling of her right scalp near a scar from a trauma 28 years ago. A […]
Abstract Number: 898
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Case Presentation: A 69 year old male was brought to the emergency department from a rehabilitation facility with altered mental status. Two months ago, he had been admitted for lumbar osteomyelitis for which he was started on Vancomycin and Cefepime and was discharged to a rehabilitation facility. After six weeks of therapy, he was more […]