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A Rare and Interesting Presentation of Diabetic Ketoacidosis Caused by Native Aortic Valve Endocarditis Complicated by Aortic Root Abscess Resulting in Multiple Septic Emboli Causing Bowel Ischemia and Splenic Infarction

Diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) is a serious life-threatening complication of diabetes, often precipitated by infection. Infective endocarditis (IE) is a serious precipitating factor for DKA, especially in patients with a previous cardiac surgery or valvular pathology. IE can be further complicated by l...

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Autores principales: Vinod, Vijay C, Farhana, Umme, Waring, Scott, Mlawa, Gideon
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9575144/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36262944
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.29254
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author Vinod, Vijay C
Farhana, Umme
Waring, Scott
Mlawa, Gideon
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description Diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) is a serious life-threatening complication of diabetes, often precipitated by infection. Infective endocarditis (IE) is a serious precipitating factor for DKA, especially in patients with a previous cardiac surgery or valvular pathology. IE can be further complicated by life-threatening embolic events, which could be fatal if not detected and managed early and effectively. Our patient is a 54-year-old diabetic who presented with DKA precipitated by native aortic valve endocarditis complicated by an aortic root abscess, which was further complicated by septic emboli to the splenic artery and superior mesenteric artery leading to splenic infarction and bowel ischemia, respectively. To our knowledge and as per the literature reviewed, no case has been reported in a single patient who presented with DKA precipitated by IE complicated by aortic root abscess and multiple septic emboli resulting in bowel ischemia and splenic infarction.
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spelling pubmed-95751442022-10-18 A Rare and Interesting Presentation of Diabetic Ketoacidosis Caused by Native Aortic Valve Endocarditis Complicated by Aortic Root Abscess Resulting in Multiple Septic Emboli Causing Bowel Ischemia and Splenic Infarction Vinod, Vijay C Farhana, Umme Waring, Scott Mlawa, Gideon Cureus Cardiology Diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) is a serious life-threatening complication of diabetes, often precipitated by infection. Infective endocarditis (IE) is a serious precipitating factor for DKA, especially in patients with a previous cardiac surgery or valvular pathology. IE can be further complicated by life-threatening embolic events, which could be fatal if not detected and managed early and effectively. Our patient is a 54-year-old diabetic who presented with DKA precipitated by native aortic valve endocarditis complicated by an aortic root abscess, which was further complicated by septic emboli to the splenic artery and superior mesenteric artery leading to splenic infarction and bowel ischemia, respectively. To our knowledge and as per the literature reviewed, no case has been reported in a single patient who presented with DKA precipitated by IE complicated by aortic root abscess and multiple septic emboli resulting in bowel ischemia and splenic infarction. Cureus 2022-09-17 /pmc/articles/PMC9575144/ /pubmed/36262944 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.29254 Text en Copyright © 2022, Vinod 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.
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Vinod, Vijay C
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Mlawa, Gideon
A Rare and Interesting Presentation of Diabetic Ketoacidosis Caused by Native Aortic Valve Endocarditis Complicated by Aortic Root Abscess Resulting in Multiple Septic Emboli Causing Bowel Ischemia and Splenic Infarction
title A Rare and Interesting Presentation of Diabetic Ketoacidosis Caused by Native Aortic Valve Endocarditis Complicated by Aortic Root Abscess Resulting in Multiple Septic Emboli Causing Bowel Ischemia and Splenic Infarction
title_full A Rare and Interesting Presentation of Diabetic Ketoacidosis Caused by Native Aortic Valve Endocarditis Complicated by Aortic Root Abscess Resulting in Multiple Septic Emboli Causing Bowel Ischemia and Splenic Infarction
title_fullStr A Rare and Interesting Presentation of Diabetic Ketoacidosis Caused by Native Aortic Valve Endocarditis Complicated by Aortic Root Abscess Resulting in Multiple Septic Emboli Causing Bowel Ischemia and Splenic Infarction
title_full_unstemmed A Rare and Interesting Presentation of Diabetic Ketoacidosis Caused by Native Aortic Valve Endocarditis Complicated by Aortic Root Abscess Resulting in Multiple Septic Emboli Causing Bowel Ischemia and Splenic Infarction
title_short A Rare and Interesting Presentation of Diabetic Ketoacidosis Caused by Native Aortic Valve Endocarditis Complicated by Aortic Root Abscess Resulting in Multiple Septic Emboli Causing Bowel Ischemia and Splenic Infarction
title_sort rare and interesting presentation of diabetic ketoacidosis caused by native aortic valve endocarditis complicated by aortic root abscess resulting in multiple septic emboli causing bowel ischemia and splenic infarction
topic Cardiology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9575144/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36262944
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.29254
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