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Abstract Number: 540
SHM Converge 2021
Case Presentation: A 48-year-old female with AIDS, HFrEF, asthma, and hypertension presented with weight loss, fatigue, chills, abdominal pain, vomiting, left neck swelling, and purulent mouth drainage over the last 2-3 weeks. She was febrile to 102.9 F, hypotensive (85/64), tachycardic, tachypneic, and had firm, mobile, 2-3 cm cervical lymph nodes and enlarged tonsils. Labs […]
Abstract Number: 628
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Case Presentation: IntroductionHistoplasmosis is a fungal infection caused by histoplasma capsulatum, a dimorphic fungus endemic in central and eastern United States. Even in immunocompromised patients, the reported incidence of CNS manifestations in disseminated histoplasmosis is only about 5-10%. This report presents an unusual case of recurrent histoplasma meningitis in a patient with prior history of […]
Abstract Number: 686
Hospital Medicine 2017, May 1-4, 2017; Las Vegas, Nev.
Case Presentation: A 40-year-old man with inconsistently treated HIV infection presented with a progressive cough, dyspnea, and pleuritic chest pain over a two-week period which were associated with fevers, chills, night sweats, and a 40-pound weight loss. He emigrated from Mexico 10 years prior and had traveled to the central valley of California. On physical […]
Abstract Number: 810
Hospital Medicine 2017, May 1-4, 2017; Las Vegas, Nev.
Case Presentation: We present a case of a 5 year-old immunocompetent Egyptian immigrant who spent 6 months in an endemic region – the Ohio River Valley – and presented in California with acute onset cough, shortness of breath and chest pain along with poorly localized abdominal pain. Chest CT revealed a right superior anterior mediastinal […]