Meeting
Abstract Number: 603
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Case Presentation: A previously healthy 48 year-old Guatemalan male presented with malaise, anorexia, 20-pound weight loss. Three weeks prior, he had fever, chills, emesis and diarrhea. A thorough history revealed that the patient was having intermittent confusion with labile, tearful mood swings. Lab-work confirmed pancytopenia, hyponatremia and mild transaminitis. Abdominal ultrasound showed hepatosplenomegaly. MRI brain [...]
Abstract Number: 0855
SHM Converge 2025
Case Presentation: We describe a 49-year-old Latino male treated for Brucellosis infection due to Brucella melitensis (B. melitensis). The patient presented to the emergency department (ED) with 2-weeks of fevers, night sweats, 27lb weight loss, nausea, and diarrhea. In the ED, the patient had a fever of 102.2F, tachycardia (97bpm), moderate hyponatremia (128), hypokalemia (2.8), [...]