Meeting
Abstract Number: 574
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 50 year-old African American male with type 2 diabetes requiring insulin, end stage renal disease on peritoneal dialysis, coronary artery disease, infertility, chronic pancreatitis, alcohol use disorder, and recent influenza presented with fever and cough. He was afebrile, hypotensive, tachycardic, and tachypneic with a leukocytosis and bibasilar consolidations on chest x-ray. He […]
Abstract Number: 736
SHM Converge 2023
Case Presentation: Reports of COVID-19 Associated Pulmonary Aspergillosis (CAPA) have increased. Most cases are in persons older than 65 years of age, who are mechanically ventilated, have chronic lung disease, and/or are immunocompromised. Aspergillus can lead to infections such as chronic pulmonary aspergillosis, allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis, and invasive pulmonary aspergillosis (IPA). IPA has the highest […]
Abstract Number: 818
SHM Converge 2023
Case Presentation: An 87-year-old man presented to the emergency room for exertional dyspnea, productive cough, and generalized weakness progressive over the past month. Four weeks prior he was hospitalized for community-acquired pneumonia and received a 10-day course of a third-generation cephalosporin with minimal improvement. He continued to have a productive cough and exertional shortness of […]