Meeting
Abstract Number: 492
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: An 82-year-old, Samoan male with history of poorly controlled diabetes, hypertension, COPD, and pulmonary coccidioidomycosis on fluconazole therapy (400 mg/day) was referred to the hospital by his primary doctor for treatment of a left ankle ulcer and cellulitis that had not responded to ten days of outpatient amoxicillin-clavulanate therapy. He had no constitutional […]
Abstract Number: 712
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: JT is a 26-year-old incarcerated male with no past medical history that presented to the hospital from a prison unit in Southwest Texas. He endorsed a 1-week history of dry cough, fever of 103F, chills, joint pain, and a painful rash on his legs. He denied any recent sick contacts, IV drug use, […]
Abstract Number: 719
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: Coccidioidomycosis is a highly variable disease endemic to the southwest with 60% of infected individuals remaining asymptomatic or suffering mild respiratory illness. Less than 1% of cases result in life-threatening dissemination with immunocompromised hosts being most at risk. We present a rare case of multifocal disseminated coccidioidomycosis (DC) in an immunocompetent young male […]