Infective Endocarditis Revealed after Resolution of COVID-19 Infection.
Intern Med
; 61(23): 3537-3540, 2022 Dec 01.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-2029867
ABSTRACT
A 34-year-old previously healthy Japanese woman was diagnosed with COVID-19 and treated with remdesivir and dexamethasone. She was discharge but returned the next day due to acute myocardial infarction. Conservative treatment was selected because of an embolic occlusion in the distal portion. Contrast-enhanced computed tomography and brain magnetic resonance imaging revealed a right renal infarction and multiple cerebral embolisms, respectively; she had a fever of 38.9°C that night. Blood culture was positive for methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus. Transthoracic echocardiography revealed an 11-mm vegetation on the posterior mitral valve leaflet. Native mitral valve infective endocarditis causing multiple embolizations was diagnosed. She underwent surgical mitral valve replacement.
Keywords
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Available
Collection:
International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Endocarditis
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Endocarditis, Bacterial
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COVID-19
Type of study:
Diagnostic study
Topics:
Long Covid
Limits:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
Intern Med
Journal subject:
Internal Medicine
Year:
2022
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Internalmedicine.0307-22
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