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Search Results for Bacteremia
Abstract Number: 358
SHM Converge 2021
Case Presentation: Ms. M is an 80 yo female with DM 2, COPD and gout, initially admitted to a tertiary care medical center in 2019 for sepsis of presumed urinary origin. She was treated with ceftriaxone and rapidly improved. Her urine culture and blood cultures from admission remained negative on hospital day 3, so she […]
Abstract Number: 376
SHM Converge 2021
Case Presentation: A 63-year-old Hispanic male with relapsed refractory IgD-kappa plasma cell myeloma on 5th line salvage chemotherapy and remote high-grade invasive papillary urothelial carcinoma / prostatic adenocarcinoma status post cystoprostatectomy three years prior was admitted to the hospital for evaluation of a fall and sepsis secondary to cellulitis. The patient reported that he noticed […]
Abstract Number: 417
Hospital Medicine 2017, May 1-4, 2017; Las Vegas, Nev.
Case Presentation: A 26-year-old woman with no PMH presented to the emergency department (ED) with persistent fever for six days. Patient had dry cough and low grade fevers with one spike to 40oC. After four days of symptoms, patient began azithromycin without relief. One day prior to presentation, patient was discharged from ED for presumed […]
Abstract Number: 441
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: 63-year-old male with past medical history of diabetes mellitus complicated by neuropathy, hypertension and recurrent UTIs presented with 1 week history of nausea, decreased oral intake and malaise. He endorsed dysuria and left flank pain. Upon admission, he was afebrile and normotensive but slightly tachycardic. Initial labs revealed WBC 21.1, Creatinine 1.56, increased […]
Abstract Number: 461
SHM Converge 2021
Case Presentation: An 80-year-old man presented with progressive worsening of altered mental status after a fall and right knee trauma. Four days prior he developed subjective fevers, chills and inability to walk after the fall. Past medical history was significant for diverticulitis complicated by diverticular abscess six months prior to admission. He was homebound, no […]
Abstract Number: 466
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: A 39-year-old man presented with several days of worsening lightheadedness, fevers, and joint pains. His temperature was 99.8 Fahrenheit, pulse 122 per minute, and blood pressure 80/51 mmHg. He looked ill and uncomfortable. His palms and soles had multiple tender, purple-to-black macules and patches 3-30 mm in dimension, consistent with embolic infarcts (image […]
Abstract Number: 492
SHM Converge 2023
Case Presentation: Bacterial osteomyelitis is very challenging to treat. This is partly due to the widespread antimicrobial resistance to gram positive bacterium Staphylococcus Aureus. We present a severe case of disseminated staphylococcus aureus osteomyelitis, that includes bacteriemia, psoas abscess, infective endocarditis, osteomyelitis, septic arthritis of knee and shoulder joints. A 63-year-old woman with poorly controlled […]
Abstract Number: 514
SHM Converge 2024
Case Presentation: A 43-year-old male with a past medical history of Atrial Fibrillation on Warfarin, Stage III Chronic Kidney Disease, and Chronic Systolic Heart failure (EF 15%) presented to the ED with diarrhea and dyspnea. He was found to be in Atrial fibrillation with Rapid Ventricular Response with CHF exacerbation and shock, and he was […]
Abstract Number: 526
SHM Converge 2021
Case Presentation: 87-year-old female presented with chronic low back pain for one month and a new onset fever for 2 days. Patient denied recent travel history, sick contact, chest pain, shortness of breath, urinary symptoms, abdominal pain, diarrhea, or weight loss. She denied lower extremity weakness, sensory abnormality, urinary or bowel incontinence, gait disturbance or […]
Abstract Number: 535
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: An 85-year-old Caucasian female with history of hypertension and coronary artery disease presented with syncope, leukocytosis and orthostatic hypotension. She denied chest pain, fever, abdominal pain, dysuria, diarrhea, seizure or previous similar episodes. Physical examination was unremarkable. Laboratory work-up showed leukocytosis of 23,000, eGFR of 27, creatinine of 1.69 and BUN of 15, […]