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1. What You See Is Not What You Get: Germ Cell Tumor Mimicking Disseminated Coccidioidomycosis.

Author

Hajeh, Haidar, Aboaid, Hazem, Fox, Kasey, Cobos, Everardo, and Heidari, Arash

Subjects
coccidioidomycosis, disseminated coccidioidomycosis, germ cell carcinoma
Abstract

We present the case of a 30-year-old man with no prior medical history who presented to the hospital with a myriad of symptoms such as shortness of breath, generalized weakness, lower limb weakness, and urinary retention. He was recently diagnosed with disseminated coccidioidomycosis by an outside provider on an outpatient basis and started on fluconazole orally. However, due to a lack of improvement and significant symptoms, he was sent to the hospital to initiate liposomal amphotericin B treatment. After a comprehensive workup, an alternative diagnosis was suspected and eventually confirmed as metastatic germ cell carcinoma. Due to the vast dissemination and his poor functional status despite chemotherapy initiation, the patient elected for palliative care and expired shortly after at hospice. This case demonstrates the similarity of clinical findings between disseminated infections and malignancies.

Published
2023

2. Relevance of Procalcitonin Levels as a Marker of Severity and Predictor of Mortality, Initiation and Duration of Antibiotics in Patients Admitted with Acute Pancreatitis: A Retrospective Cohort Study

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Mann,Baldeep, Bhandohal,Janpreet, Kalha,Ishaan, Fox,Kasey, Jean,Brian, Mann,Baldeep, Bhandohal,Janpreet, Kalha,Ishaan, Fox,Kasey, and Jean,Brian

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Baldeep Kaur Mann,1 Janpreet Singh Bhandohal,1 Ishaan Kalha,2 Kasey Fox,1 Brian Jean3 1Division of Hospital Medicine, Department of Medicine, Kern Medical Center, Bakersfield, CA, USA; 2Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Kern Medical Center, Bakersfield, CA, USA; 3Biostatistician, Professor Emeritus, Kern Medical Center, Bakersfield, CA, USACorrespondence: Baldeep Kaur Mann, Division of Hospital Medicine, Department of Medicine, Kern Medical Center, 1700 Mount Vernon Ave, Bakersfield, CA, 93306, USA, Email Baldeep.sippi@gmail.comIntroduction: Procalcitonin levels have been studied to predict the benefit of adding antibiotics in a patient with acute pancreatitis. Through this study, we are searching for any possible correlation between serum procalcitonin levels and the severity of acute pancreatitis (included acute on chronic cases) to determine whether procalcitonin levels can predict a benefit from antibiotic therapy in acute pancreatitis.Methods: This is a retrospective cohort study involving patients with acute pancreatitis and acute on chronic pancreatitis. We included all hospitalized patients admitted to Kern Medical from January 2020 to October 2022 with a diagnosis of acute pancreatitis in a consecutive manner. The primary outcome studied was mortality related to the pancreatitis episode. Logistic regression was used to control numerous confounders.Results: Based on univariate analysis of procalcitonin, we found starting antibiotics on the day of admission statistically significant. We also found the median differences in mortality to be mildly significant (difference = 0.79, p = 0.0640) based on procalcitonin values. In a multivariate analysis of ln(procalcitonin), we found lipase (p = 0.0249), duration of antibiotics (p = 0.0009), multi-organ failure (p = 0.0045) to be statistically significant, and lactate being mildly significant in the multivariate model (p = 0.0643).Conclusion: The procalcitonin level can predict the initiation of a

Published
2024

3. A Rare Complication of Proteus Brain Abscess Due to Coccidioidomycosis Causing Hydrocephalus.

Author

Dao, Kevin Trong, Dulani, Saakshi, Saripalli, Aishwarya, Mishra, Shikha, and Fox, Kasey

Abstract

Proteus mirabilis is a very common gram-negative facultative anaerobe seen in urinary tract infections. This rod-shaped bacterium tends to cause urolithiasis via its ability to alkalinize the urine. However, in some cases, this bacterium has been shown to cause bacteremia as well as other complicated infections. Here we would like to present a rare case of Proteus mirabilis that has invaded the brain in a patient that has a ventriculoperitoneal (VP) shunt placed due to coccidioidal meningitis causing hydrocephalus. We would also like to discuss the importance of the monitoring of VP shunt and discuss their likelihood of infections and the medical as well as surgical management. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2024
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