Ozdemir Yusuf Emre, Demir Adile Sevde, Ozdemir Meryem Sahin, Mavi Busra, Ozen Can, Karaosmanoglu Hayat Kumbasar
Department of Infectious Diseases & Clinical Microbiology, Bakirkoy Dr Sadi Konuk Training Research Hospital, Istanbul, 34140, Turkey.
Department of Infectious Diseases & Clinical Microbiology, Istanbul University - Cerrahpasa, Cerrahpasa Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul, 34093, Turkey.
Future Virol. 2022 Jul;0(0). doi: 10.2217/fvl-2022-0029. Epub 2022 Jul 19.
Infective endocarditis (IE) symptoms including fever, fatigue, dyspnea and myalgia are similar in COVID-19 findings. Therefore, the diagnosis of IE may be missed in patients with COVID-19. Co-existence with IE in COVID-19 is rarely reported. However, to our knowledge, only one case of septic pulmonary embolism in COVID-19 and IE was reported. Here, we describe a case of septic embolism due to tricuspid endocarditis caused by intravenous drug use in patients with COVID-19. In this fatal case, the use of prophylactic anticoagulants due to COVID-19 probably caused the tendency to hemorrhagic cerebrovascular complications. Our report emphasizes the complexity of anticoagulant prophylaxis in patients with COVID-19 which may cause hypercoagulopathy in co-existence with IE.
感染性心内膜炎(IE)的症状包括发热、疲劳、呼吸困难和肌痛,与新型冠状病毒肺炎(COVID-19)的表现相似。因此,COVID-19患者可能会漏诊IE。COVID-19合并IE的情况鲜有报道。然而,据我们所知,仅报道过1例COVID-19合并IE及感染性肺栓塞的病例。在此,我们描述1例COVID-19患者因静脉吸毒导致三尖瓣心内膜炎引发感染性栓塞的病例。在这例致命病例中,因COVID-19使用预防性抗凝剂可能导致了出血性脑血管并发症倾向。我们的报告强调了COVID-19患者抗凝预防的复杂性,这可能在合并IE时导致高凝状态。