Bellamy Shannay E, Ott William, Kolb Josh D, Malik Khurram
Internal Medicine, Jersey City Medical Center, Jersey City, USA.
Infectious Diseases, Jersey City Medical Center, Jersey City, USA.
Cureus. 2023 Mar 10;15(3):e35973. doi: 10.7759/cureus.35973. eCollection 2023 Mar.
Infective endocarditis (IE) is an infection of the heart's endocardial surface, heart valves, or implanted cardiac devices, with the most common causative organism being . The clinical presentation of IE can be variable, with some patients presenting with multisystemic complications, including renal, pulmonary, cutaneous, and neurologic complications. Cerebral infarction is the most common complication of IE. Here we present a case of a young male with IE of a native cardiac valve who developed multiple complications during his clinical course.
感染性心内膜炎(IE)是心脏内膜表面、心脏瓣膜或植入式心脏装置的感染,最常见的致病微生物是 。IE的临床表现可能多种多样,一些患者会出现多系统并发症,包括肾脏、肺部、皮肤和神经系统并发症。脑梗死是IE最常见的并发症。在此,我们报告一例年轻男性原发性心脏瓣膜IE患者,其在临床过程中出现了多种并发症。