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Isolated pulmonary valve endocarditis masquerading as community-acquired pneumonia
Isolated pulmonary valve endocarditis in intravenous drug users is a rarely reported phenomenon. We present the case of a 25-year-old male with history of intravenous drug use who presented with respiratory symptoms after failing outpatient treatment for community-acquired pneumonia. Further investi...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5087261/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27802862 http://dx.doi.org/10.3402/jchimp.v6.32827 |
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author | Nazir, Salik Lohani, Saroj Tachamo, Niranjan Siddiqui, Anam Patel, Nitin |
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description | Isolated pulmonary valve endocarditis in intravenous drug users is a rarely reported phenomenon. We present the case of a 25-year-old male with history of intravenous drug use who presented with respiratory symptoms after failing outpatient treatment for community-acquired pneumonia. Further investigations identified multiple lung lesions with early cavitation, concerning for septic pulmonary embolism on computerized tomography scan, positive blood cultures with methicillin-susceptible staphylococcus aureus, and isolated vegetation of the pulmonic valve on transthoracic echocardiography. The patient had a complete recovery after being treated medically with intravenous oxacillin for a total of 6 weeks. |
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spelling | pubmed-50872612016-11-17 Isolated pulmonary valve endocarditis masquerading as community-acquired pneumonia Nazir, Salik Lohani, Saroj Tachamo, Niranjan Siddiqui, Anam Patel, Nitin J Community Hosp Intern Med Perspect Case Report Isolated pulmonary valve endocarditis in intravenous drug users is a rarely reported phenomenon. We present the case of a 25-year-old male with history of intravenous drug use who presented with respiratory symptoms after failing outpatient treatment for community-acquired pneumonia. Further investigations identified multiple lung lesions with early cavitation, concerning for septic pulmonary embolism on computerized tomography scan, positive blood cultures with methicillin-susceptible staphylococcus aureus, and isolated vegetation of the pulmonic valve on transthoracic echocardiography. The patient had a complete recovery after being treated medically with intravenous oxacillin for a total of 6 weeks. Co-Action Publishing 2016-10-26 /pmc/articles/PMC5087261/ /pubmed/27802862 http://dx.doi.org/10.3402/jchimp.v6.32827 Text en © 2016 Salik Nazir et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License, permitting all non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Case Report Nazir, Salik Lohani, Saroj Tachamo, Niranjan Siddiqui, Anam Patel, Nitin Isolated pulmonary valve endocarditis masquerading as community-acquired pneumonia |
title | Isolated pulmonary valve endocarditis masquerading as community-acquired pneumonia |
title_full | Isolated pulmonary valve endocarditis masquerading as community-acquired pneumonia |
title_fullStr | Isolated pulmonary valve endocarditis masquerading as community-acquired pneumonia |
title_full_unstemmed | Isolated pulmonary valve endocarditis masquerading as community-acquired pneumonia |
title_short | Isolated pulmonary valve endocarditis masquerading as community-acquired pneumonia |
title_sort | isolated pulmonary valve endocarditis masquerading as community-acquired pneumonia |
topic | Case Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5087261/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27802862 http://dx.doi.org/10.3402/jchimp.v6.32827 |
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