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Abstract Number: 97
Hospital Medicine 2016, March 6-9, San Diego, Calif.
Background: Urinary tract infection (UTI) is the most common infection associated with antibiotic misuse. Catheter-associated UTI (CAUTI) is the largest reservoir of nosocomial antibiotic-resistant pathogens, including Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Health-care associated urinary tract infection is also a known risk factor for antibiotic-resistant bacteria, and an important entity that has yet to be characterized. The aim of […]
Abstract Number: 368
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: A previously healthy 8 month old female presented to the emergency department (ED) with diarrhea and an unusual diaper rash. Her symptoms began 6 days prior to presentation with fever and congestion. She was initially diagnosed with a viral upper respiratory infection and bilateral otitis media and was prescribed cephalexin. She later developed […]
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: 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 […]
Abstract Number: 782
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: An 82-year-old female with past medical history of paroxysmal atrial fibrillation, hypertension, CKD stage 3, and recurrent Pseudomonas aeruginosa urinary tract infection was admitted to a cardiology inpatient service for generalized weakness and atrial fibrillation with rapid ventricular response.Her recurrent UTIs had been occurring monthly for the past year. She was noted to […]
Abstract Number: 794
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: This is the case of a 69 year old woman with a history of diabetes and peripheral arterial disease who presented with eye pain for two days prior to admission. Of note, she was recently admitted to the hospital for a left foot infection requiring amputation; her hospital course was complicated by MRSA […]