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Infective endocarditis developing multiple complications

Author(s) -

R. Powthira,

T. Peranantharajah,

M. S. Mugunthan,

Prashant Lakshman,

S. Premakrishna

Publication year - 2018

Publication title -

jaffna medical journal

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 2651-0200

pISSN - 0379-3877

DOI - 10.4038/jmj.v30i2.29

Subject(s) - infective endocarditis , medicine , embolization , staphylococcus aureus , context (archaeology) , endocarditis , regurgitation (circulation) , hemodialysis , surgery , heart failure , aortic valve replacement , cardiology , intensive care medicine , paleontology , genetics , stenosis , bacteria , biology

Infective endocarditis may be acquired in the community or in the context of health care exposure. (1) and it associated with not only cardiac complications but also renal, neurologic, musculoskeletal, and systemic complications related to the infection, such as embolization, metastatic infection, and mycotic aneurysm. Staphylococcus aureus is most frequently associated with these complications. We report a case of 41 year old man who presented with fever and developed heart failure due to multiple perforated aortic valves with aortic regurgitation. This was successfully managed by aortic valve replacement, antibiotics and hemodialysis.

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