Oliveira, Inês and Vasconcelos, Gisela and Bragança, Bruno and Cruz, Margarida and Abreu, Glória and Azevedo, João and Andrade, Aurora (2022) Triple-Valve Infective Endocarditis: A Case with Unusual Features. European Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine, 9 (4). pp. 1-3. ISSN 2284-2594
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Abstract
Infective endocarditis is a condition associated with high morbidity and mortality, usually with univalvular involvement. We describe the case of a 76-year-old woman with triple-valve endocarditis due to Streptococcus gallolyticus, complicated by perivalvular suppurative lesions, acute heart failure and acute kidney injury. Unfortunately, the patient died despite antibiotic therapy and emergent surgery. This case highlights uncommon triple-valve involvement in the absence of risk factors, posing a diagnostic and therapeutic challenge.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Triple-valve endocarditis, Streptococcus gallolyticus, infective endocarditis |
| Subjects: | 600 Tecnologia - Scienze applicate > 610 Medicina e salute (Classificare qui la tecnologia dei servizi medici) 600 Tecnologia - Scienze applicate > 610 Medicina e salute (Classificare qui la tecnologia dei servizi medici) > 616 Malattie (classificare qui la Clinica medica, la medicina basata sull'evidenza, la Medicina interna, la Medicina sperimentale) |
| Depositing User: | Marina Spanti |
| Date Deposited: | 06 May 2022 09:36 |
| Last Modified: | 06 May 2022 09:36 |
| URI: | http://eprints.bice.rm.cnr.it/id/eprint/21857 |
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