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Abstract Number: 472
SHM Converge 2021
Case Presentation: A 70-year-old male with a history of type 2 diabetes mellitus complicated by neurogenic bladder with indwelling catheter and severe peripheral vascular disease status post bilateral below knee amputations (BKAs) presented with watery diarrhea and nausea for 1 day. Both amputations were in the preceding four months. He required multiple rounds of antibiotics […]
Abstract Number: 535
SHM Converge 2021
Case Presentation: A 59-year-old male with a history of Factor V Leiden and BPH presented with three weeks of worsening left flank pain accompanied by intermittent fevers and fatigue. He also endorsed a history of persistent fevers a few months ago which resolved without treatment. The patient immigrated 30 years ago from rural Italy, and […]
Abstract Number: 602
SHM Converge 2021
Case Presentation: A 23-year-old man with no past medical history presented with 3-days of severe abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting and alternating episodes of constipation and watery diarrhea. He reported 2-year history of intermittent episodes of dark and blood-streaked bowel movements. He had no tobacco smoking, alcohol or recreational drug use history. Vital signs revealed temperature […]
Abstract Number: 612
SHM Converge 2021
Case Presentation: The patient is a 38-year-old Caucasian female who was diagnosed with Stage IIIb malignant melanoma. The excision of the left scapular lesion and axillary dissection was performed. Baseline 18F-FDG PET scan showed no evidence of metastatic disease. After the 5th cycle of Nivolumab treatment, the patient developed 38 ºC fever and grade 2 […]
Abstract Number: 640
SHM Converge 2021
Case Presentation: An 83 year-old female with history of hypertension presented to the emergency department with altered mental status for the past 2 days. Family reported patient to have a low impact fall, 2 weeks prior. In route, patient was noted to be febrile at 101.7˚F. Upon arrival, vitals were stable. Patient was found to […]
Abstract Number: 694
SHM Converge 2021
Case Presentation: An 84-year-old female with a history of obesity, diabetes, and hypertension presented with 18 months of left knee pain and swelling resulting in progressive functional decline such that she was unable to ambulate. She reported no history of trauma. She had been admitted to another hospital 3 weeks prior and discharged with oral […]
Abstract Number: 719
SHM Converge 2021
Case Presentation: A previously healthy 19 year-old female presented to the emergency room with complaints of nausea, headaches, polyuria, polydipsia and anorexia for four days. She denied urinary urgency or frequency. Her exam was unremarkable except for a flat affect and slowed speech. She was found to have hyperglycemia to 401mg/dL, elevated beta hydroxybutyrate to […]
Abstract Number: 752
SHM Converge 2021
Case Presentation: A 17-year-old female was transferred from an outside hospital for persistent cough, infiltrate on chest x-ray (CXR), and draining nodules on her legs and back. 1 month prior to transfer, she developed cough, shortness of breath, and malaise without fever. A CXR was consistent with pneumonia and doxycycline was initiated. 5 days later […]
Plenary Presentations
Abstract Number: Plenary
SHM Converge 2021
Background: Antibiotics targeted against C. difficile bacteria are necessary, but insufficient, to achieve a durable clinical response because they have no effect on C. difficile spores that germinate within a disrupted microbiome. ECOSPOR-III evaluated SER-109, an investigational, biologically-derived microbiome therapeutic of purified Firmicute spores for treatment of recurrent CDI. Methods: Adults ≥18 years with recurrent […]