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Abstract Number: 282
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Background: Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia (PJP) is an opportunistic infection associated with lymphopenic conditions including HIV/AIDS, hematologic malignancy1, organ transplantation2, and lymphocyte-suppressive therapies such as high dose glucocorticoids3,4. PJP prophylaxis, which is highly effective, is indicated when the incidence of PJP exceeds the rate of adverse events due to prophylaxis.4,7 Guidelines from the American Thoracic Society […]
Abstract Number: 537
Hospital Medicine 2017, May 1-4, 2017; Las Vegas, Nev.
Case Presentation: Pneumonia in an immunocompromised individual has a broad differential; the initial work-up and selection of antimicrobials can be challenging. We present a case of concomitant pulmonary nocardiosis and Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia (PJP). A 60-year-old male with hepatitis C infection status-post treatment with a negative viral load and chronic kidney disease (CKD) due to […]
Abstract Number: 680
SHM Converge 2023
Case Presentation: A 55-year-old woman with a remote history of renal transplant complicated by stage 4 chronic kidney disease (CKD) presented to the emergency room with a week history of progressive fatigue, fever, dry cough and exertional dyspnea. Outpatient medications were tacrolimus 2.5mg BID, mycophenolate mofetil 500mg BID, prednisone 5mg daily, and vitamin D 1000 […]
Abstract Number: 990
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 63-year-old man with significant history of deceased donor transplant (18 months prior to presentation), hypertension, diabetes mellitus, who presented with two weeks of fevers and malaise. His other symptoms included drenching night sweats, shortness of breath, and diffuse pleuritic chest pain, however he denied cough. A recent exposure was a renovation of […]
Abstract Number: 1001
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 50-year-old female was admitted with shortness of breath, cough and fevers. Her past medical history was significant for breast cancer undergoing active neoadjuvant chemotherapy with doxorubicin and cyclophosphamide. She was hypoxic requiring 2L of oxygen via nasal cannula and febrile to 39.0°C. Labs revealed a WBC of 12.0 x 109/L (4.5-11.0 x […]