Meeting
Abstract Number: 559
SHM Converge 2021
Case Presentation: A 32-year-old male with a past medical history of hepatitis C, intravenous opioid abuse, and chronic non-healing ulcers of bilateral lower extremities presented to the ED out of concern for possible infection in his legs. He reported open wounds on the anterior surfaces of bilateral lower legs for roughly nine months, starting with [...]
Abstract Number: 0984
SHM Converge 2025
Case Presentation: A 61-year-old man with a history of opioid use disorder, methamphetamine use disorder, and chronic bilateral lower extremity wounds presented with worsening lower extremity pain and drainage (Figures 1 and 2). He was admitted for intravenous antibiotic treatment for lower extremity cellulitis. He reported inhaling fentanyl and methamphetamine on the day of presentation, [...]