Isolated native Tricuspid Valve Endocarditis Presenting as PUO in a Young Adult Male Without Any Risk Factors

A 28-year-old male presented to our hospital with high-grade fever and weight loss for 4 months. Clinical examination was non-contributory and there was no history of any high-risk behavior or prolonged skin or dental infections. Native tricuspid-valve endocarditis may rarely present in these settin...

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Autores principales: Ranjan, Piyush, Kumar, Vivek, Ganguly, Shuvadeep, Vyas, Surabhi, Yadav, Rakesh, Sood, Rita
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2015
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4366989/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25811008
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2249-4863.152274
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author Ranjan, Piyush
Kumar, Vivek
Ganguly, Shuvadeep
Vyas, Surabhi
Yadav, Rakesh
Sood, Rita
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description A 28-year-old male presented to our hospital with high-grade fever and weight loss for 4 months. Clinical examination was non-contributory and there was no history of any high-risk behavior or prolonged skin or dental infections. Native tricuspid-valve endocarditis may rarely present in these settings and high index of suspicion is essential for early diagnosis.
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spelling pubmed-43669892015-03-25 Isolated native Tricuspid Valve Endocarditis Presenting as PUO in a Young Adult Male Without Any Risk Factors Ranjan, Piyush Kumar, Vivek Ganguly, Shuvadeep Vyas, Surabhi Yadav, Rakesh Sood, Rita J Family Med Prim Care Case Report A 28-year-old male presented to our hospital with high-grade fever and weight loss for 4 months. Clinical examination was non-contributory and there was no history of any high-risk behavior or prolonged skin or dental infections. Native tricuspid-valve endocarditis may rarely present in these settings and high index of suspicion is essential for early diagnosis. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2015 /pmc/articles/PMC4366989/ /pubmed/25811008 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2249-4863.152274 Text en Copyright: © Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Isolated native Tricuspid Valve Endocarditis Presenting as PUO in a Young Adult Male Without Any Risk Factors
title Isolated native Tricuspid Valve Endocarditis Presenting as PUO in a Young Adult Male Without Any Risk Factors
title_full Isolated native Tricuspid Valve Endocarditis Presenting as PUO in a Young Adult Male Without Any Risk Factors
title_fullStr Isolated native Tricuspid Valve Endocarditis Presenting as PUO in a Young Adult Male Without Any Risk Factors
title_full_unstemmed Isolated native Tricuspid Valve Endocarditis Presenting as PUO in a Young Adult Male Without Any Risk Factors
title_short Isolated native Tricuspid Valve Endocarditis Presenting as PUO in a Young Adult Male Without Any Risk Factors
title_sort isolated native tricuspid valve endocarditis presenting as puo in a young adult male without any risk factors
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4366989/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25811008
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2249-4863.152274
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