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Family Medicine

Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell

2020

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An Unusual Case Of Moraxella Osleonsis Bacteremia In An Immunocompetent Patient With Sars-Cov-2 Infection., B. C. Veerabathini, K. Manthani, S. Gandhi Jan 2020

An Unusual Case Of Moraxella Osleonsis Bacteremia In An Immunocompetent Patient With Sars-Cov-2 Infection., B. C. Veerabathini, K. Manthani, S. Gandhi

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Moraxella osleonsis (M.osleonsis ) is an organism that rarely presents with bacteremia in immunocompetent patients. We report a case of an immunocompetent 59-year-old male with a recent SARS-CoV-2 infection that developed M. osleonsis bacteremia. We believe that SARS-CoV-2 infection may have played a role in developing M. osleonsis bacteremia in this patient and may be one of the first reported cases of such bacteremia in a COVID-19 patient.


Covid-19 As A Possible Cause Of Functional Exhaustion Of Cd4 And Cd8 T-Cells And Persistent Cause Of Methicillin-Sensitive Staphylococcus Aureus Bacteremia., I. Choudhury, H. Han, K. Manthani, S. Gandhi, R. Dabhi Jan 2020

Covid-19 As A Possible Cause Of Functional Exhaustion Of Cd4 And Cd8 T-Cells And Persistent Cause Of Methicillin-Sensitive Staphylococcus Aureus Bacteremia., I. Choudhury, H. Han, K. Manthani, S. Gandhi, R. Dabhi

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We report a case of a 73-year-old male with a history of diabetes mellitus, osteomyelitis, methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus (MSSA) bacteremia who recently completed an extended intravenous course of cefazolin eight days back, and presented with MSSA bacteremia complicated by epidural abscess, endocarditis, and aortic root abscess. Meanwhile, the patient was tested positive for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) by reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR). Even with aggressive antibiotic treatment, the patient remained bacteremic and developed endocarditis with a worsening aortic root abscess. We suspect coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) as a cause for the infectious paradox and will discuss …