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Search Results for leptospirosis
Abstract Number: 482
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: A 29-year-old woman presented with a 4-day history of nausea, vomiting, and watery, non-bloody diarrhea. She also had fever, headache, and dark urine. She had traveled to Puerto Rico one-week prior, where she ate raw fish and vegetables and drank tap water. She also went to visit a waterfall, where she swam in […]
Abstract Number: 644
SHM Converge 2021
Case Presentation: A 46-year-old man presented with 1 week of fevers, chills, fatigue, myalgias, cough, hemoptysis, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, and confusion. One month prior to presentation the patient started a new job performing sanitation and sewage work in basements. On presentation, he was afebrile, with pulse 98 and blood pressure 98/71. Exam was notable for […]
Abstract Number: 831
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 69 year old woman presented to our hospital with 5 days of fever, diarrhea, abdominal pain & debilitating leg pain. Her only known medical problem was hyperlipidemia, for which she had recently increased her statin dose. 6 weeks prior to admission, she visited her hometown in Jiangxi, China. There, she drank tap […]
Abstract Number: 860
SHM Converge 2023
Case Presentation: A 25-year-old woman with no significant past medical history presented for a three-day history of fevers to 39.9 Celsius, frontotemporal headaches, and diffuse myalgias. She reported working outdoors for a summer camp without known insect or tick bites. Physical exam was notable for tenderness with neck flexion, nuchal rigidity, and abdominal tenderness to […]
Abstract Number: I38
SHM Converge 2022
Case Presentation: A 58 year-old undomiciled man with no known medical history presented with three days of anorexia, malaise, abdominal pain, nausea and decreased urine output. His exam was notable for scleral icterus. Initial lab work was remarkable for sodium 133 mEq/L, BUN 132mg/dL, creatinine 8.82 mg/dL, platelet 64 K/uL, total bilirubin 6.4 mg/dL, and […]
Abstract Number: 1124
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 62-year-old male from a major urban city in Northeast US with history of hypertension and type II diabetes mellitus presented with fevers and thigh pain for three days. He had no recent travel history, sick contacts, or bug bites. Physical examination was notable for injected conjunctiva. Lab work revealed leukocytosis, thrombocytopenia, acute […]