Haemophilus aphrophilus Endocarditis after Tongue Piercing

Abstract

Piercing invades subcutaneous areas and has a high potential for infectious complications. The number of case reports of endocarditis associated with piercing is increasing. We studied a 25-year-old man with a pierced tongue, who arrived at Memorial Health University Medical Center with fever, chills, rigors, and shortness of breath of 6 days duration and had an aortic valvuloplasty for correction of congenital aortic stenosis.

Keywords

• endocarditis
• Haemophilus aphrophilus
• piercing complications
• United States