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: 724
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Case Presentation: A 25-year-old female with a history of hypertension and diabetes mellitus (DM) type 1 presented with altered mental status, abdominal pain, and tenderness. On presentation, she was afebrile, hemodynamically stable. Further workup revealed leukocytosis 27000/ml, acute kidney injury with creatinine 2.47 mg/dl, blood glucose 1000 + mg/dl; glycosylated hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c 11.5%); amylase […]