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Abstract Number: 1017

DOUBLE STRIKE: LYME AND BABESIA COINFECTION PRESENTING LETHALLY AS SEPTIC SHOCK IN A HEALTHY MALE

Case Presentation: A 60-year old male gardener presented with generalized body aches, night sweats, chills, malaise, fevers and headache (frontal and occipital) intermittently for a month. He reported abdominal pain, dyspnea, joint stiffness and myalgia. [...]

By | 2019-03-11T14:42:54+00:00 March 11th, 2019|Adult, Clinical Vignettes, Hospital Medicine 2019|Comments Off on DOUBLE STRIKE: LYME AND BABESIA COINFECTION PRESENTING LETHALLY AS SEPTIC SHOCK IN A HEALTHY MALE
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HM2018 Abstract Number: 715

ACUTE DEMYELINATING ENCEPHALOMYELITIS: MAYBE IT’S NOT ALL IN YOUR HEAD

Case Presentation: 62-year-old man with recent hospitalization for septic shock due to toe osteomyelitis,complicated by severe C. difficile infection requiring fecal transplant 3 weeks prior to admission,presenting with confusion,right-sided weakness,and ataxia.Symptoms were first noted 2 [...]

By | 2018-03-19T12:59:44+00:00 March 19th, 2018|Adult, Clinical Vignettes, Hospital Medicine 2018|Comments Off on ACUTE DEMYELINATING ENCEPHALOMYELITIS: MAYBE IT’S NOT ALL IN YOUR HEAD
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