Musculoskeletal manifestations of bacterial endocarditis

Sao Paulo Medical Journal

Érika Bevilaqua Rangel¹  Álvaro Nagib Atallah² 

[1] ,Universidade Federal de São Paulo Escola Paulista de Medicina São Paulo,Brazil

关键词: Bacterial endocarditis;    Musculoskeletal symptoms;    Staphylococcal infection;    Endocardite bacteriana;    Sintomas músculo-esqueléticos;    Infecção estafilocócica;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S1516-31802000000500009

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

CONTEXT: The incidence of staphylococcal infection has been increasing during the last 20 years. OBJECTIVE: Report a case of staphylococcal endocarditis preceded by musculoskeletal manifestations, which is a rare form of clinical presentation. DESIGN: Case report. CASE REPORT: A 45-year-old-man, without addictions and without known previous cardiopathy, was diagnosed as having definitive acute bacterial endocarditis due to Staphylococcus aureus. Its etiology was community-acquired, arising from a non-apparent primary focus. In addition, the musculoskeletal symptoms preceded the infective endocarditis (IE) by about 1 month, which occurred together with other symptoms, e.g. mycotic aneurysms and petechiae. Later, the patient showed perforation of the mitral valve and moderate mitral insufficiency with clinical control.

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