Infected Right Ventricle Thrombus as a Cause of Persistent Sepsis

The presentation of fevers in a patient with active intravenous (IV) drug use is often challenging, as there is a wide range of both infectious and noninfectious disorders that can cause fevers. A thorough diagnostic workup is essential in identifying the etiology of these fevers. We report a rare c...

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Autores principales: Arumairaj, Antony J, Boma, Noella, Mushiyev, Savi, Morcos, Morcos, Habtes, Imnett
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2020
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Cardiac/Thoracic/Vascular Surgery
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7603886/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33150103
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.10751
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author Arumairaj, Antony J
Boma, Noella
Mushiyev, Savi
Morcos, Morcos
Habtes, Imnett
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description The presentation of fevers in a patient with active intravenous (IV) drug use is often challenging, as there is a wide range of both infectious and noninfectious disorders that can cause fevers. A thorough diagnostic workup is essential in identifying the etiology of these fevers. We report a rare case of an infected right ventricular (RV) thrombus as a cause of persistent fever and sepsis in a 46-year-old patient with IV drug use. The patient continued to have persistent bacteremia inspite of appropriate IV antibiotics. Hence, the patient warranted a cardiothoracic surgical excision of the infected RV thrombus following which the patient showed remarkable improvement.
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spelling pubmed-76038862020-11-03 Infected Right Ventricle Thrombus as a Cause of Persistent Sepsis Arumairaj, Antony J Boma, Noella Mushiyev, Savi Morcos, Morcos Habtes, Imnett Cureus Cardiac/Thoracic/Vascular Surgery The presentation of fevers in a patient with active intravenous (IV) drug use is often challenging, as there is a wide range of both infectious and noninfectious disorders that can cause fevers. A thorough diagnostic workup is essential in identifying the etiology of these fevers. We report a rare case of an infected right ventricular (RV) thrombus as a cause of persistent fever and sepsis in a 46-year-old patient with IV drug use. The patient continued to have persistent bacteremia inspite of appropriate IV antibiotics. Hence, the patient warranted a cardiothoracic surgical excision of the infected RV thrombus following which the patient showed remarkable improvement. Cureus 2020-10-01 /pmc/articles/PMC7603886/ /pubmed/33150103 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.10751 Text en Copyright © 2020, Arumairaj et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Infected Right Ventricle Thrombus as a Cause of Persistent Sepsis
title Infected Right Ventricle Thrombus as a Cause of Persistent Sepsis
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title_short Infected Right Ventricle Thrombus as a Cause of Persistent Sepsis
title_sort infected right ventricle thrombus as a cause of persistent sepsis
topic Cardiac/Thoracic/Vascular Surgery
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7603886/
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http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.10751
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