Open AccessTricuspid valve gonococcal endocarditis: fourth case report
Author(s) -
Sudha Akkinepally,
Elizabeth Douglass,
Alejandro Moreno
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
international journal of infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.278
H-Index - 89
eISSN - 1878-3511
pISSN - 1201-9712
DOI - 10.1016/j.ijid.2009.07.010
Subject(s) - endocarditis , medicine , tricuspid valve , complication , gonococcal infection , cardiology , surgery , virology , syphilis , sexually transmitted disease , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv)
Disseminated gonococcal infection (DGI) occurs in 1-3% of all gonococcal infections; endocarditis is a complication in 1-2% of patients with DGI. We present the fourth reported case of gonococcal tricuspid valve endocarditis, this one occurring in a 53-year-old male with a 2-month history of shortness of breath.
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