Meeting
Abstract Number: 548
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: Talaromycosis (formerly known as Penicilliosis) is a rare fungal disease that predominantly affects immunocompromised patients, such as those with HIV and low CD4 cell counts, from endemic regions (e.g., Southeast Asia). There have been a limited number of cases reported worldwide, with a travel-related exposure. We present a case of an immunocompetent patient […]
Abstract Number: 740
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: A 44 year old African American man presented to the hospital for evaluation and treatment following generalized tonic-clonic seizures. He denied recent and remote travel, fever, chills, sick contacts, constitutional symptoms, and felt relatively well at time of interview. He was on maintenance immunosuppression with prednisone 20 mg daily for sarcoidosis. MRI demonstrated […]