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

Yang Jiao; Mark S. Rasnake; Michael T. McCormack; J. Francis Turner

IDCases (Jan 2019)

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

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 15

Abstract

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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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ISSN: 2214-2509 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Infectious and parasitic diseases
Website: http://www.journals.elsevier.com/idcases/

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