Meeting
Abstract Number: 479
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Case Presentation: A 49 year-old woman with end stage renal disease on peritoneal dialysis (PD) for the past year, presented with progressively worsening abdominal pain, fevers, and nausea. This was her second presentation as she had been treated with antibiotics for presumed culture-negative PD-catheter-associated bacterial peritonitis three weeks earlier without improvement. Admission vital signs and […]
Abstract Number: 700
Hospital Medicine 2016, March 6-9, San Diego, Calif.
Case Presentation: An 80 year old man in ESRD receiving peritoneal dialysis who had suffered several days of nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea came to his nephrologist after his dialysate became a yellow, milky color. The nephrologist cultured his peritoneal fluid, and gram positive cocci in clusters were seen on gram stain. He underwent treatment with […]
Abstract Number: A42
SHM Converge 2022
Case Presentation: A 50-year-old woman with history of ESRD on PD, CHF, and recent invasive pulmonary aspergillosis on posaconazole presents with three days of gradually progressive shortness of breath and right-sided chest pain. The chest pain was associated with coughing and deep breathing, but non-exertional with no hemoptysis. The patient lived with her sister and […]