Triad of infective endocarditis, splenic abscess, and septicemia caused by .

作者信息

Purwar Shashank, Metgud Sharada C, Karadesai Shankar G, Nagamoti Mahantesh B, Darshan Arathi, Tiwari Shreshtha

机构信息

Department of Microbiology, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College and KLE Charitable Hospital and Medical Research Center, Belgaum, Karnataka, India.

Department of Medicine, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College and KLE Charitable Hospital and Medical Research Center, Belgaum, Karnataka, India.

出版信息

J Lab Physicians. 2017 Oct-Dec;9(4):340-342. doi: 10.4103/JLP.JLP_12_17.

DOI:10.4103/JLP.JLP_12_17

PMID:28966504

原文链接:https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC5607771/

Abstract

A 40-year-old farmer from the district of North Karnataka who had received treatment for high fever of 8 days duration was admitted with fever, dyspnea, and poor general condition. Ultrasonography and echocardiogram revealed multiple splenic abscesses, vegetation on atrioventricular valve, aortic regurgitation (Grade I-II), and mitral valve regurgitation (Grade II-III), respectively. was detected in blood culture, and high titers of IgM and IgG anti- antibodies were observed in specific serological tests. The patient developed fulminant septicemia and succumbed due to multi-organ failure.

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