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Abstract Number: 967
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 69-year old male with past medical history significant for granulomatosis with polyangiitis and lower extremity deep vein thrombosis (DVT) presented with worsening pain, swelling and erythema of his right lower extremity. He reported exposure to stagnant rainwater in his yard a day prior to admission. Hours after the exposure he developed fever […]
Abstract Number: 989
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 66-year-old Caucasian man presented to his primary care physician with significant fatigue and night sweats associated with 30-pound weight loss, headaches, and dyspnea on exertion. He reported the onset of symptoms one week after returning from a hunting trip in Georgia where he caught and cleaned wild boar. After this initial outpatient […]
Abstract Number: E22
SHM Converge 2022
Background: Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (CAUTI) and Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infections (CLABSI) carry a huge health care burden and is associated with increased length of stay and potential harm for the patient. There is an estimated total healthcare cost of $896 per infection for CAUTI and $45,814 per infection associated with CLABSI. The […]
Abstract Number: K39
SHM Converge 2022
Case Presentation: A 77-year-old male with chronic kidney disease and mitral valve prolapse with a history of Lyme disease and West Nile Virus presented with fevers, night sweats, chills, and fatigue for 3 weeks. The patient had been visiting family in Texas for one month but gradually started to notice his symptoms. A few weeks […]
Abstract Number: N17
SHM Converge 2022
Background: Tebipenem pivoxil hydrobromide (TBP-PI-HBr) is an orally bioavailable prodrug that is rapidly converted in plasma to the carbapenem, tebipenem. Tebipenem has in vitro activity against select multidrug-resistant Gram-negative pathogens, including fluoroquinolone-resistant and extended-spectrum ß-lactamase (ESBL)-producing Enterobacterales. TBP-PI-HBr is being developed in the United States as the first oral carbapenem for treatment of cUTI and […]
Abstract Number: O28
SHM Converge 2022
Case Presentation: A 52-year-old unvaccinated male with past medical history of asthma and uncontrolled obstructive sleep apnea presented to the ED ten days after receiving a diagnosis of COVID-19 with worsening dyspnea. He endorsed a cough, fever, chills, and non-bloody diarrhea, and denied chest pain, leg edema, and anosmia. His initial vitals were remarkable for an oxygen saturation of 65%. A CBC demonstrated leukopenia […]
Abstract Number: 1005
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 28-year-old male with a recently diagnosed HIV infection presented to the hospital with dyspnea, pleuritic chest pain and fatigue for 4 days. Six weeks prior, he was found to have HIV infection with a CD4+ cell count of 17 cells/ul and an HIV viral load of 41,399 copies/mL. He was prescribed antiretroviral […]
Abstract Number: 1029
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: We present a 68-year-old woman who was in her usual state of health until July 2019 who presented with abdominal pain, back pain along with unintentional weight loss. Imaging revealed a mass in her pancreatic body which was confirmed with EUS and biopsy as invasive pancreatic adenocarcinoma. In late August, she presented with […]