Ehlers-Danlos syndrome with infective endocarditis: A case report with literature review
Yang Jiao,
Mark S. Rasnake,
Michael T. McCormack,
J. Francis Turner
Affiliations
Yang Jiao
Department 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.
Mark S. Rasnake
Department of Infectious Disease, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, USA
Michael T. McCormack
Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of Tennessee Graduate School of Medicine, Knoxville, USA
J. Francis Turner
Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of Tennessee Graduate School of Medicine, Knoxville, USA
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
