American journal of hospital medicine, volume 6, issue 3 (2022 July-September)

 

Recent Submissions

  • Persistent meningeal signs despite previous treatment for cryptococcal meningitis -- a case report 

    Fabricius, Michela M.; Ejiofor, Shannon (University of Missouri, Department of Medicine, Division of Hospital Medicine, 2022-07)
    Cryptococcal meningitis continues to be a life-threatening fungal infection in patients with HIV. Treatment involves a year of antifungal therapy, and persistent meningeal signs months after treatment initiation are uncommon. ...

  • Intradermal moving tracks 

    Jamaleddine, Wassim M.; Saleem, Saliha; Roland, William E. (University of Missouri, Department of Medicine, Division of Hospital Medicine, 2022-07)
    A 64-year-old female presented in August of 2022 to the infectious disease clinic for pruritic lesion and seeing worms on her left foot. Her medical history includes hyperlipidemia, seborrheic keratosis, actinic keratosis ...

  • Interventions that can improve the retention in care among patients with HIV: A review 

    Ah Kang, Seung; Cardona, Connie (University of Missouri, Department of Medicine, Division of Hospital Medicine, 2022-07)
    Introduction: Despite the transformation in healthcare outcomes with the availability of effective antiretroviral therapy, retention in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) care remains a challenge. Patients with poor retention ...

  • In-hospital mortality rate and predictors of 30-day readmission in patients with iron deficiency anemia and diastolic heart failure: A cross-sectional study 

    Gangu, Karthik; Bobba, Aniesh; Patel, Parth S.; Vellanki, Sruthi; Trikannad, Anup Kumar; Basida, Sanket; Avula, Sindhu; Tripathi, Alok (University of Missouri, Department of Medicine, Division of Hospital Medicine, 2022-07)
    Introduction: There is currently strong evidence of the adverse effects of anemia on the prognosis of heart failure with reduced ejection fraction. Unfortunately, the data on the effects of anemia on a large sample of ...

  • Campylobacter fetus meningitis and bacteremia in a well-controlled HIV patient 

    Wang, Kevin; Sahu, Aniruddha (University of Missouri, Department of Medicine, Division of Hospital Medicine, 2022-07)
    We present a case of Campylobacter fetus meningitis and bacteremia in an HIV patient. He was initially admitted due to concern for meningitis. After brief observation, the patient was discharged--once infectious etiologies ...