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Tainted Love: A Case of Gonococcal Endocarditis
Gonococcal endocarditis (GE) is a rare complication of disseminated gonococcal infection with significant morbidity and increasing mortality despite early diagnosis and surgical intervention. The discovery and use of antibiotics in the treatment of gonococcal infections has made this once relatively...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9336115/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35911287 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.26420 |
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author | Katragadda, Silpita Miatech, Jennifer L Zboril, Ashley Echefu, Gift Negulescu, Catalina |
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description | Gonococcal endocarditis (GE) is a rare complication of disseminated gonococcal infection with significant morbidity and increasing mortality despite early diagnosis and surgical intervention. The discovery and use of antibiotics in the treatment of gonococcal infections has made this once relatively common entity a rarity. Notably, over the recent years, GE has shown an alarming resurgence for unclear reasons. The upward trend in the incidence of gonococcal infections coupled with observed antibiotic resistance may in part explain the rise in cases. GE mostly affects sexually active young people without a history of valvular heart disease. Prompt diagnosis and surgical intervention are important in the bid to mitigate poor outcomes. Management is therefore multidisciplinary; primary care clinicians who usually are the first to see this patient population should be able to make an early diagnosis and facilitate early referral for surgical intervention as indicated. Despite appropriate and timely therapy, devastating consequences of this condition are not uncommon. |
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spelling | pubmed-93361152022-07-30 Tainted Love: A Case of Gonococcal Endocarditis Katragadda, Silpita Miatech, Jennifer L Zboril, Ashley Echefu, Gift Negulescu, Catalina Cureus Cardiology Gonococcal endocarditis (GE) is a rare complication of disseminated gonococcal infection with significant morbidity and increasing mortality despite early diagnosis and surgical intervention. The discovery and use of antibiotics in the treatment of gonococcal infections has made this once relatively common entity a rarity. Notably, over the recent years, GE has shown an alarming resurgence for unclear reasons. The upward trend in the incidence of gonococcal infections coupled with observed antibiotic resistance may in part explain the rise in cases. GE mostly affects sexually active young people without a history of valvular heart disease. Prompt diagnosis and surgical intervention are important in the bid to mitigate poor outcomes. Management is therefore multidisciplinary; primary care clinicians who usually are the first to see this patient population should be able to make an early diagnosis and facilitate early referral for surgical intervention as indicated. Despite appropriate and timely therapy, devastating consequences of this condition are not uncommon. Cureus 2022-06-29 /pmc/articles/PMC9336115/ /pubmed/35911287 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.26420 Text en Copyright © 2022, Katragadda et al. https://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. |
spellingShingle | Cardiology Katragadda, Silpita Miatech, Jennifer L Zboril, Ashley Echefu, Gift Negulescu, Catalina Tainted Love: A Case of Gonococcal Endocarditis |
title | Tainted Love: A Case of Gonococcal Endocarditis |
title_full | Tainted Love: A Case of Gonococcal Endocarditis |
title_fullStr | Tainted Love: A Case of Gonococcal Endocarditis |
title_full_unstemmed | Tainted Love: A Case of Gonococcal Endocarditis |
title_short | Tainted Love: A Case of Gonococcal Endocarditis |
title_sort | tainted love: a case of gonococcal endocarditis |
topic | Cardiology |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9336115/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35911287 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.26420 |
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