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Search Results for Immunodeficiency
Abstract Number: 641
SHM Converge 2023
Case Presentation: The patient is a 31 year old male with a medical history of HIV on antiretroviral therapy who was seen in the emergency department for chest pain and dyspnea, then discharged after a negative cardiac workup. He re-presented two days later with worsening chest tightness, dyspnea, and vomiting. On examination, the patient was […]
Abstract Number: 650
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Case Presentation: A 33-year-old male without significant medical history experienced visual changes, left-sided tingling and weakness, vertigo, nausea, and mild expressive aphasia for 2 months. At that time, he had mild upper extremity tremor and was able to walk, drive, and perform activities of daily living. On physical exam, the patient demonstrated left upper extremity […]
Abstract Number: 654
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 30 year-old female with AIDS presented with three weeks of headache, dry cough, odynophagia, vomiting, fatigue and weight loss. She had a history of cryptococcal meningitis requiring lumbo-peritoneal drain four years prior but was lost to follow up, with non-adherence to maintenance and antiretroviral therapy. She had normal vital signs and appeared […]
Abstract Number: 684
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Case Presentation: Good’s syndrome (GS) is a rare, adult-onset combined B and T cell immunodeficiency with an associated thymoma. These patients have an increased risk of bacterial, fungal, viral, and opportunistic infections. A 75-year-old African American female with congestive heart failure (ejection fraction 20%) and hypertension presented from home with a four-month history of fatigue, […]
Abstract Number: 802
SHM Converge 2024
Case Presentation: Tuberculosis (TB) remains a global health problem and extrapulmonary tuberculosis (EPTB) further adds to the developing countries’ fight against tuberculosis, with pericardial effusion being a potentially fatal complication. Here we report, a 19 year old male from South Asia with a past medical history of bilateral bronchiectasis (as shown in figure 1) and […]
Abstract Number: 885
SHM Converge 2024
Case Presentation: A 54-year-old male with known human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) presented to the emergency room with three weeks of progressive lower abdominal pain, nausea, chills, and a 15-lb weight loss. The patient had no diarrhea, dysuria, urinary frequency, or penile discharge. He had no recent sexual activity. He was diagnosed with HIV four years […]
Abstract Number: 903
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: SH is a 61-year-old male with history of recurrent giardia who presented to the Emergency Department for evaluation of generalized weakness and weight loss in the setting of chronic. Over the past 4 years, he has had recurrent giardia infection despite multiple antiprotozoal agents. Upon presentation, he reported 7 watery, foul-smelling, copious episodes […]
Abstract Number: 947
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 32 years of male with membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis (MPGN) on immunosuppression presented with complaints of fever, abdominal pain and diarrhea. His stool had many WBCs, C. diff was negative and CT of the abdomen revealed enterocolitis. His anaerobic blood culture bottles grew Salmonella group from the nonTyphi subtypes. Further history disclosed that he […]
Abstract Number: E44
SHM Converge 2022
Case Presentation: A 53 year old male Missouri resident with a prior history of intravenous drug use, traumatic subdural hematoma, seizure disorder and a diagnosis of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) / acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) in 1990 presented to his local hospital in April with a 1 day history of fever and confusion. He was […]
Abstract Number: F42
SHM Converge 2022
Case Presentation: We present a case of a 46-year-old Filipina female with SLE and ITP who presented with new hypoxemia and a 6-month history of dry cough, dyspnea, and a 20lb weight loss. The patient had emigrated to the United States in 2002 and worked as an OR nurse. She had received the BCG vaccine […]