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Search Results for immunocompromised
Abstract Number: 25
SHM Converge 2023
Case Presentation: A 31-year-old man with past medical history of secondary syphilis and HIV/AIDS (CD4 47) intermittently on ART presented with worsening rectal pain and recurrent rectal abscesses. He endorsed rectal pruritis, nausea, weight loss, and lower extremity pain. He denied fevers, night sweats, abdominal pain, or diarrhea. Last year, he had a prior rectal […]
Abstract Number: 190
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Background: Data is emerging on the efficacy of fecal microbial transplantation (FMT) for recurrent clostridium difficile infection (CDI) management with success rates of 80-90% in general population. Immunocompromised patients continue to be excluded from randomized trials involving FMT due to concerns related to its safety and efficacy. Current guidelines recommend caution with FMT in immunocompromised […]
Abstract Number: 299
SHM Converge 2023
Case Presentation: A 73-year-old male with history of type 2 diabetes and one-month prior admission for acute renal failure in the setting of stage IV chronic kidney disease presented with symptomatic anemia found to have splenomegaly. A renal biopsy revealed features of membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis and necrotizing crescentic lesions with IgM kappa deposition, suspicious for cryoglobulinemic glomerulonephritis. Immunofixation […]
Abstract Number: 323
Hospital Medicine 2017, May 1-4, 2017; Las Vegas, Nev.
Case Presentation: A 56-year-old man presented with one day of high fevers to 104°F, myalgias, and non-productive cough. His past medical history is significant for polycystic liver disease leading to liver transplant, and metastatic neuroendocrine tumor managed with intravenous somatostatin. Two weeks prior to admission, he began a taper of his immunosuppressive medication. On the […]
Abstract Number: 376
SHM Converge 2021
Case Presentation: A 63-year-old Hispanic male with relapsed refractory IgD-kappa plasma cell myeloma on 5th line salvage chemotherapy and remote high-grade invasive papillary urothelial carcinoma / prostatic adenocarcinoma status post cystoprostatectomy three years prior was admitted to the hospital for evaluation of a fall and sepsis secondary to cellulitis. The patient reported that he noticed […]
Abstract Number: 406
Hospital Medicine 2016, March 6-9, San Diego, Calif.
Case Presentation: A 70 year-old Moroccan male with a history of gastrointestinal stromal tumor treated with resection and chemotherapy was admitted for dyspnea on exertion and non-productive cough for two weeks. He complained of subjective fevers and weight loss of 47 pounds in 6 months but denied hemoptysis. Lab studies were significant for leukocytosis at […]
Abstract Number: 416
SHM Converge 2021
Case Presentation: A 30 year old woman with a history of alcoholic cirrhosis, episodes of alcoholic hepatitis and pancreatitis, was transferred to a tertiary care hospital from a community hospital for a liver transplant evaluation. On admission, she had a MELD score of 33. The patient was not a candidate for liver transplant due to […]
Abstract Number: 440
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: A 59-year old man presented with high grade fever (102 F), non-productive cough, and malaise for two months duration. His medical history was significant for of relapsing Chronic lymphocytic leukemia; on chemotherapy, Chronic kidney disease, and invasive pulmonary aspergillosis diagnosed a year ago and treated with a 12-week course of voriconazole. Initial laboratory […]
Abstract Number: 459
SHM Converge 2023
Case Presentation: We present a unique case of a 37-year-old male with a recently diagnosed case of monkeypox three weeks prior and completion of Tecoviramat; who at initial presentation was thought to have an infected arteriovenous fistula (AVF) from a pox lesion likely with an abscess or necrotic process. He had a PMHx of HIV […]
Abstract Number: 463
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: A 55-year-old man with type 2 diabetes mellitus, metastatic renal cell carcinoma to brain and bone despite left nephrectomy and multiple cycles of chemotherapy and recent immunotherapy with nivolumab presented 3 weeks post whole brain radiation treatment (WBRT) with 4 days of right arm pain and swelling. He visited upstate New York prior […]