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Invasive streptococcus dysgalactiae endocarditis with extensive multiorgan involvement

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: endocarditis with multiorgan involvement in a middle-aged man with few comorbidities. The patient presented with fever, malaise, and back pain, and was diagnosed with infective endocarditis (IE) involving the mitral valve, septic arthritis, renal and splenic infarctions, septic cerebral emboli, endophthalmitis, and multiple epidural and intramuscular abscesses. Treatment involved prolonged antibiotics and surgical drainage of an elbow abscess. After a prolonged hospital stay and intensive rehabilitation, the patient achieved a favourable outcome.

Source: Oxford Medical Case Reports

DOI: 10.1093/omcr/omaf053

Authors: I-Chun Chen, Daniel Rhyner, Nina Durisch

Institutions: University of Zurich, Spital Uster

Language: English

Topic: Infective Endocarditis Diagnosis and Management

Subfield: Epidemiology

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: gold

Estimated APC paid: $1,103