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Abstract Number: 659
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 21-year-old male with past medical history of Crohn’s disease on monthly infliximab infusion initially presented to the emergency department with a 5-day history of joint pain. He first noted left-sided pain that was only relieved by heat, but it progressed to left hip and groin pain made worse with movement. The patient […]
Abstract Number: 682
Hospital Medicine 2017, May 1-4, 2017; Las Vegas, Nev.
Case Presentation: A 37-year-old gentleman with a history of metastatic carcinoid tumor with metastases to the liver and mediastinal lymph nodes was admitted to the hospital after presenting to the ED with three days of fevers and altered mental status. On presentation there was no overt source of infection. He had chronic abdominal pain that […]
Abstract Number: 710
Hospital Medicine 2017, May 1-4, 2017; Las Vegas, Nev.
Case Presentation: An 84-year-old Caucasian female presented with 3 days of profuse, watery diarrhea and right knee pain. She had been hospitalized for bronchitis a few weeks ago, treated with amoxicillin-clavulanic acid and discharged. There was no history of trauma or travel. Her past medical history included CKD stage IIIa and diverticulosis. She was afebrile […]
Abstract Number: 715
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: 62-year-old man with recent hospitalization for septic shock due to toe osteomyelitis,complicated by severe C. difficile infection requiring fecal transplant 3 weeks prior to admission,presenting with confusion,right-sided weakness,and ataxia.Symptoms were first noted 2 weeks after the fecal transplant and consisted of depressed mood and right shoulder weakness.Neurological exam was notable for neglect of […]
Abstract Number: 925
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 58-year-old male was referred to our institution for outpatient ERCP after suffering an episode of severe hypertriglyceridemia-induced acute pancreatitis complicated by pseudocyst formation at a nearby community hospital five months prior. During that hospital admission, the patient was also diagnosed with type 2 diabetes mellitus. The outpatient ERCP was for a planned […]
Abstract Number: E36
SHM Converge 2022
Case Presentation: An 88-year-old woman with a history of hypertension, atrial fibrillation, and HFpEF presented with a right femur fracture following a mechanical fall. Physical exam revealed a right femur fracture and small ascites. The patient underwent a right hemiarthroplasty on hospital day (HD) 4 and received cefazolin perioperatively.On HD 9, the patient developed abdominal […]
Abstract Number: L43
SHM Converge 2022
Case Presentation: A 90 year old Caucasian female with history of complicated diverticulitis s/p partial colectomy and Waldenstrom’s Macroglobulinemia (last treatment with Cyclophosphamide and Dexamethasone 1 week prior to presentation) was admitted with 2 day history of crampy lower abdominal pain, bloody streaked diarrhea, vomiting, and subjective chills. Physical examination elicited tachycardia and diffuse abdominal […]
Abstract Number: O45
SHM Converge 2022
Case Presentation: A 51-year-old male with a history of IBS presented with three weeks of non-bloody diarrhea and five days of worsening arthritis. It first appeared in his right wrist but subsequently affected his fingers, wrists, elbows, ankles, and knees bilaterally. The patient denied any recent travel or antibiotic use. On exam, the most affected […]
Plenary Presentations
Abstract Number: Plenary
SHM Converge 2021
Background: Antibiotics targeted against C. difficile bacteria are necessary, but insufficient, to achieve a durable clinical response because they have no effect on C. difficile spores that germinate within a disrupted microbiome. ECOSPOR-III evaluated SER-109, an investigational, biologically-derived microbiome therapeutic of purified Firmicute spores for treatment of recurrent CDI. Methods: Adults ≥18 years with recurrent […]