Coxiella Endocarditis as the Cause of Recurrent Fever and Brain Abscess in a Patient with Complex Congenital Heart Disease: A Case Report and Literature Review.
Ioannis A ZiogasAlexandros P EvangeliouOlga TsachouridouAlexandra ArvanitakiAfroditi TsonaVassilios KamperidisMarianthi PapagianniTheofilos PanagiotidisIlias A TourtounisGeorge GiannakoulasSymeon MetallidisPublished in: Case reports in infectious diseases (2020)
BCNIE is a life-threatening disease entity that can lead to severe complications, such as valve regurgitation, emboli, and death. Patients with congenital heart disease are particularly vulnerable to IE. Timely diagnosis and antibiotic management are of paramount importance in order to avoid the potentially fatal sequelae.
Keyphrases
- congenital heart disease
- ejection fraction
- end stage renal disease
- aortic valve
- aortic stenosis
- newly diagnosed
- peritoneal dialysis
- prognostic factors
- early onset
- mitral valve
- white matter
- risk factors
- case report
- heart failure
- multiple sclerosis
- patient reported outcomes
- blood brain barrier
- transcatheter aortic valve replacement
- brain injury
- patient reported