Ehlers-Danlos syndrome with infective endocarditis: A case report with literature review

Ehlers-Danlos syndrome with infective endocarditis: A case report with literature review

We report a patient with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome and mitral valve infective endocarditis. The case was complicated due to multiorgan involvement and initially diagnosed as hand-foot-and-mouth disease. The patient was transferred to our hospital with cerebral septic emboli and bilateral lower extremit...

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Main Authors: Yang Jiao, Mark S. Rasnake, Michael T. McCormack, J. Francis Turner
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2019-01-01
Series:IDCases
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214250918302257
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spelling doaj-dc6fcd4e5ec344f582f2365f7e4cb2de2021-07-02T12:47:07ZengElsevierIDCases2214-25092019-01-0115Ehlers-Danlos syndrome with infective endocarditis: A case report with literature reviewYang Jiao0Mark S. Rasnake1Michael T. McCormack2J. Francis Turner3Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Changhai Hospital, The Naval Military, Shanghai, China; Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of Tennessee Graduate School of Medicine, Knoxville, USA; Corresponding author at: Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Changhai Hospital, The Naval Military, Changhai Road, Yangpu district, Shanghai, 200433, China.Department of Infectious Disease, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, USADepartment of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of Tennessee Graduate School of Medicine, Knoxville, USADepartment of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of Tennessee Graduate School of Medicine, Knoxville, USAWe report a patient with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome and mitral valve infective endocarditis. The case was complicated due to multiorgan involvement and initially diagnosed as hand-foot-and-mouth disease. The patient was transferred to our hospital with cerebral septic emboli and bilateral lower extremity emboli requiring early surgery. Complications of this syndrome and surgical risks are discussed in this report. Keywords: Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, Infective endocarditis, Mitral valvehttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214250918302257
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author Yang Jiao
Mark S. Rasnake
Michael T. McCormack
J. Francis Turner
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Mark S. Rasnake
Michael T. McCormack
J. Francis Turner
Ehlers-Danlos syndrome with infective endocarditis: A case report with literature review
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title Ehlers-Danlos syndrome with infective endocarditis: A case report with literature review
title_short Ehlers-Danlos syndrome with infective endocarditis: A case report with literature review
title_full Ehlers-Danlos syndrome with infective endocarditis: A case report with literature review
title_fullStr Ehlers-Danlos syndrome with infective endocarditis: A case report with literature review
title_full_unstemmed Ehlers-Danlos syndrome with infective endocarditis: A case report with literature review
title_sort ehlers-danlos syndrome with infective endocarditis: a case report with literature review
publisher Elsevier
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publishDate 2019-01-01
description We report a patient with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome and mitral valve infective endocarditis. The case was complicated due to multiorgan involvement and initially diagnosed as hand-foot-and-mouth disease. The patient was transferred to our hospital with cerebral septic emboli and bilateral lower extremity emboli requiring early surgery. Complications of this syndrome and surgical risks are discussed in this report. Keywords: Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, Infective endocarditis, Mitral valve
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