Meeting
Abstract Number: 1087
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 35-year female presented to the ED with complaints of worsening abdominal pain and distension without nausea, vomiting or diarrhea. The abdominal pain was diffuse in nature without radiation. She had fatigue, chills, intermittent fevers, and 10 pounds of weight loss over a month. The review of systems was otherwise negative. She was […]
Abstract Number: 1135
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: This is a 32 year old female with no significant past medical history who presented with diffuse, constant, dull abdominal pain. She denied any associated diarrhea, fever, chills, night sweats, or weight loss. Her social history was significant for immigrating from Trinidad when she was eight years old. She had previously been admitted […]
Abstract Number: 1248
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 45 year-old male with a history of nephrolithiasis and hypertension presented with acute onset of right-sided flank pain and hematuria. He presented to an outside hospital and underwent workup for suspected nephrolithiasis. Urinalysis was negative for pyuria or leukocyte esterase. Non-contrast CT scan of his abdomen and pelvis was performed and was […]
Plenary Presentations
Abstract Number: Plenary
SHM Converge 2021
Background: Antibiotics targeted against C. difficile bacteria are necessary, but insufficient, to achieve a durable clinical response because they have no effect on C. difficile spores that germinate within a disrupted microbiome. ECOSPOR-III evaluated SER-109, an investigational, biologically-derived microbiome therapeutic of purified Firmicute spores for treatment of recurrent CDI. Methods: Adults ≥18 years with recurrent […]