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Search Results for Infective Endocarditis
Abstract Number: 644
SHM Converge 2024
Case Presentation: A 45-year-old female with a history of agammaglobulinemia, gastroparesis post G & J tubes, complicated by failure to thrive necessitating TPN via a Hickman catheter presents, 2 years after catheter placement, with confusion, weakness and abdominal pain. She was admitted to the ICU for septic shock.Blood cultures were positive for MRSA and Candida […]
Abstract Number: 664
SHM Converge 2024
Case Presentation: An 80-year-old Caucasian male with a recent history of transaortic valve replacement three months ago was admitted to the hospital with a history of malaise, and 20 pounds of weight loss in 2 months—no history of diarrhea, fever, vomiting or skin rash. Notably, the patient had multiple admissions for septicemia with salmonella species […]
Abstract Number: 701
Hospital Medicine 2017, May 1-4, 2017; Las Vegas, Nev.
Case Presentation: The patient is a 29 year old woman with a history of intravenous drug abuse, admitted six weeks postpartum for MSSA bacteremia and tricuspid valve endocarditis (4 x 2.5 cm vegetation) complicated by bilateral pulmonary septic emboli with loculated empyema. She was started on nafcillin, which complicated the course with acute interstitial nephritis […]
Abstract Number: 705
SHM Converge 2021
Case Presentation: The patient is a 57-year-old male with a past medical history of coronary artery disease complicated by ventricular fibrillation cardiac arrest and heart failure with reduced ejection fraction, status post implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) placement, as well as recently relapsed intravenous heroin use disorder. He was admitted for replacement of his ICD battery […]
Abstract Number: 746
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Case Presentation: A 64-year-old male with gastric carcinoma and no prior cardiac history presented to the emergency room with altered mental status. On arrival, the patient was tachypneic, hypoxic, hypothermic, tachycardic and hypotensive. Initial investigations showed the patient had a leukocytosis with a left shift. Blood cultures taken upon arrival eventually grew E. Coli, thought […]
Abstract Number: 747
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: A 44-year-old male with a medical history of active injection drug use (IDU) and three prior admissions for native mitral valve endocarditis was admitted to the hospital for sepsis. On physical examination, the patient had JVP elevated to 10cm, bibasilar crackles and 2+ pitting peripheral edema. Transesophageal echocardiogram (TEE) revealed a large vegetation on the mitral […]
Abstract Number: 757
SHM Converge 2024
Case Presentation: This case report describes a 63-year-old man with a medical history of hypertension, hyperlipidemia, abdominal aortic aneurysm status post endovascular repair, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and alcohol use disorder, who presented to the emergency department with a three-week history of generalized weakness followed by a fever for the last three days. Physical examination […]
Abstract Number: 782
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: An 82-year-old female with past medical history of paroxysmal atrial fibrillation, hypertension, CKD stage 3, and recurrent Pseudomonas aeruginosa urinary tract infection was admitted to a cardiology inpatient service for generalized weakness and atrial fibrillation with rapid ventricular response.Her recurrent UTIs had been occurring monthly for the past year. She was noted to […]
Abstract Number: 817
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: A 55-year-old woman with intravenous polysubstance abuse presented with a 1-week history of back pain, fever, and cough with blood-tinged sputum. Vital sign on admission showed tachycardia and hypotension but she responded well to fluid resuscitation. A pansystolic murmur grade 2 was noted. There was diffuse midline and paraspinal tenderness over the back. […]
Abstract Number: 845
SHM Converge 2023
Case Presentation: This is a case of a 58-year-old male with history of urethral stricture s/p dilation who presented with progressive dyspnea, nonproductive cough and fever. Chest x-ray revealed bilateral diffuse opacification concerning for pneumonia, CTA showed no PE. The patient was initiated on levofloxacin for Pneumonia, heparin infusion for NSTEMI and was admitted to […]