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Search Results for Nocardia
Abstract Number: 388
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: 61-year-old male with a known history of alcohol and tobacco abuse was admitted with 3 months history of headache, confusion, unsteady balance and unintentional weight loss. Laboratory tests included normal chemistry panel, complete blood count and negative hepatitis and HIV serology. Brain imaging showed 3 lesions in the right cerebral convexity with surrounding […]
Abstract Number: 502
Hospital Medicine 2017, May 1-4, 2017; Las Vegas, Nev.
Case Presentation: A 55 year old male with past medical history significant for congestive heart failure, severe persistent asthma and eosinophilic pneumonia on chronic prednisone and status post bronchial thermoplasty presented with fever, cough, shortness of breath and chest pain of 2 weeks and hemoptysis of 3 days duration. He also had two recent hospitalizations […]
Abstract Number: 503
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 78-year-old woman with severe persistent asthma on a maximum dose of inhaled corticosteroids (ICS) was admitted for lethargy and skin nodules on her thighs. She had three hospital admissions in the past two months for reported pneumonia. She was found to have fever, left basilar crackles, and multiple violaceous, firm, tender subcutaneous […]
Abstract Number: 581
SHM Converge 2024
Case Presentation: A 51-year-old African American female with a past medical history of hypertension, hyperlipidemia, and alcohol use disorder presented with acute onset confusion and difficulty with communication upon awakening preceded by intermittent mild headache for a few weeks. While in the emergency room, the patient experienced a grand mal seizure. The patient was afebrile […]
Abstract Number: 621
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Case Presentation: A 52-year-old male presented to the emergency department multiple times the month prior to admission with progressively worsening right ankle and wrist pain, generalized myalgia, fatigue and worsening hoarseness of voice. His past medical history was notable for acute lymphoblastic leukemia (in remission for 2 years) complicated by aspergillus pneumonia. On the presentation […]
Abstract Number: 725
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 73-year-old man with a history of atrial fibrillation on apixaban and panhypopituitarism secondary to resection of a pituitary adenoma in the 1980s presented to our hospital for chest pain. His recent history is notable for recurrent cystitis and Clostridium difficile infections requiring stress-doses of glucocorticoids; his endocrinologist had been attempting to taper […]
Abstract Number: 728
SHM Converge 2023
Case Presentation: Nocardia has a known predilection for brain tissue and may present with unique symptoms. We share a case of significant dysgeusia in a presumptively immunocompetent patient as a complication of disseminated nocardiosis.A 70-year-old previously healthy male with a history of diabetes, presented with three months of fatigue, productive cough, loss of appetite, and […]