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Search Results for Babesiosis
Abstract Number: 568
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: A 69-year-old female with no significant past medical history presented with three weeks of intermittent fevers followed by 24-hours of persistent fever associated with nausea, fatigue, and malaise. She lived in the metro-Boston area and worked part-time as a dog-walker. She reported a tick bite several weeks ago. Vital signs were notable for […]
Abstract Number: 581
Hospital Medicine 2016, March 6-9, San Diego, Calif.
Case Presentation: A 38-year-old female with no significant PMH presented with diarrhea, chills, and hematuria. One week prior to admission, she developed profuse, watery, non-bloody diarrhea three hours after consuming raw oysters. The next day, she developed headache and chills. She presented to the ED four days prior to admission, treated with IVF, and discharged […]
Abstract Number: 607
SHM Converge 2024
Case Presentation: A healthy 61-year-old woman residing in New York City presented with fever, fatigue, and decreased urinary output for four days. She was ill-appearing, jaundiced and hypotensive. Laboratory results were notable for WBC of 5.2/µl, hemoglobin 9 g/dl, platelet count 46,000/mm3, BUN 43 mg/dl, creatinine 4.36 g/dl, total bilirubin 4.6 mg/dl, direct bilirubin 1.5 […]
Abstract Number: 654
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: An 82 year-old male with atrial fibrillation, hypertension, and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus presented with hiccups for five days. He also endorsed non-productive cough for weeks, chills, dysuria, and dark urine, for which he had taken ciprofloxacin. History was also notable for a previous episode of intractable hiccups attributed to pneumonia. Family history […]
Abstract Number: 733
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 39-year-old man with no significant past medical history was hospitalized with a 2-week history of constant burning left upper quadrant pain, headaches, myalgias, and fever/chills. The patient reported camping in Pennsylvania 1 month prior to presentation. In the ED, he was initially found to be febrile to 102.4F and hypotensive to SBP […]
Abstract Number: 747
SHM Converge 2024
Case Presentation: A man in his late 70s presented to the emergency department after multiple falls and new onset altered mental status. Past medical history included hypertension, hyperlipidemia, chronic kidney disease (CKD) stage III, and previous infection with anaplasmosis over a decade prior.On clinical exam, the patient was afebrile, hypoxic, and meeting SIRS criteria with […]
Abstract Number: 767
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 39-year-old construction worker with no past medical history presented to the hospital with a 2-week-history of fatigue and left upper quadrant abdominal pain associated with intermittent high fevers and chills. Patient reports his 9-year-old daughter was sick with fevers and an upper respiratory tract infection a month ago right after a camping […]
Abstract Number: 780
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: An 81-year old healthy male from Upstate New York without significant past medical history presented as a transfer from an outside hospital with a 5-6 day history of fevers, malaise, vague abdominal pain, and worsening confusion. There was no travel outside of the local area in the previous six months. The patient was […]
Abstract Number: 816
SHM Converge 2024
Case Presentation: A 46 year old man living in southwestern Maine with a history of hypertension, hyperlipidemia, and obesity presented in late September with 2 days of numbness in the right foot that progressed to bilateral lower extremity weakness, numbness, and difficulty ambulating. Patient denied any recent illnesses, vaccinations, travel or known bites the month […]
Abstract Number: C38
SHM Converge 2022
Case Presentation: Babesiosis, most commonly caused by Babesia microti and transmitted by the Ixodes tick, is one of the predominant tick-borne diseases of Northeast and upper Midwestern United States (1, 2). Clinical manifestations range from asymptomatic infection to severe fulminant disease, with fever being the most common presentation (3). Acute respiratory distress syndrome and disseminated […]