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Abstract Number: 657
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Case Presentation: A 65-year-old man presented with one day of confusion, dyspnea, and a dry cough. A month ago, he was diagnosed with osteomyelitis of his left hallux and he was undergoing treatment with daily ceftriaxone and daptomycin infusions. Vital signs revealed a temperature of 38.4 degrees Celsius, a heart rate of 94, a respiratory […]
Abstract Number: 736
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Case Presentation: A 70-year-old male with past medical history of hypertension and atrial fibrillation, recently admitted for right calcaneal osteomyelitis complicated by vancomycin-resistant MRSA bacteremia, was discharged to a rehabilitation facility to complete a course of ceftaroline and daptomycin for 6 weeks duration. He presented to the emergency room about 3 weeks later with skin […]
Abstract Number: 810
SHM Converge 2023
Case Presentation: A 68-year-old patient with history of type 2 diabetes (A1c 9.5%) was admitted to the podiatry service following a partial fifth ray resection for osteomyelitis. Bone cultures grew MRSA and ID recommended 6 weeks of IV daptomycin due to an allergy to vancomycin. His post-op course was complicated by multiple days of recurrent […]
Abstract Number: 863
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Case Presentation: We present the case of a 70-year-old man who developed MSSA bacteremia after removal of a spinal stimulator. The bacteremia cleared with cefazolin treatment, but he developed an MSSA psoas abscess. He underwent abscess source reduction and was started on oxacillin, based on culture sensitivities. Unfortunately, he developed encephalopathy and was restarted on […]
Abstract Number: 875
SHM Converge 2023
Case Presentation: A 71-year-old male with a PMH of CKD stage 3, CAD, BPH, atrial fibrillation, and diabetes mellitus presented to the ER for left foot swelling for the past 2-3 weeks. He had a history of left foot infection requiring debridement and skin grafts. Patient had recently tried a course of doxycycline and Keflex […]
Abstract Number: 879
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: An 89 year-old male developed coagulase negative Staphylococcus bacteremia and infective endocarditis of mitral valve after urinary procedure for which he was started on Daptomycin for 6 weeks. At week 4, he developed fever and exertional shortness of breath without other respiratory symptoms. He was a non-smoker with no history of COPD or […]
Abstract Number: 1086
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 56-year-old male with history of spinal epidural abscess being treated with IV daptomycin, presented to the emergency department with a fever of 104° F. The patient had a history of recurrent epidural abscesses, requiring multiple surgical washouts, following past lumbar diskectomy subsequent to lumbar radiculopathy. Previous cultures were positive for two strains […]
Abstract Number: 1251
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: Goodpasture’s disease is an autoimmune condition characterized by pulmonary hemorrhage, glomerulonephritis and production of anti-GBM (glomerular basement membrane) antibodies. Anti-GBM disease approximately accounts for 15 percent of all cases of crescentic glomerulonephritis. We report a young female patient diagnosed with Goodpasture’s disease who initially presented with recurrent pneumonias.A 19 year old female patient […]