A Challenge of COVID-19: Associated Infective Endocarditis with Streptococcus gordonii in a Young Immunocompetent Patient.

ABSTRACT: The COVID-19 pandemic is a new challenge for the diagnosis and treatment of infective endocarditis (IE). Fever and other unspecific symptoms of coronaviral infection could be misleading or masking its manifestations. We present the case of a young patient admitted for persistent fever, profuse sweating, headache, articular pain, myalgias, and weight loss. She reported regression taste and smell disorders compared to a month earlier when diagnosed with moderate COVID-19 pneumonia. While the RT-PCR SARS-COV-2 test was positive, she was admitted to a COVID-19 ward. Investigations of febrile syndrome revealed two positive blood cultures with Streptococcus gordonii and the presence of vegetations on the aortic valve, supporting a certain diagnosis of IE. After six weeks of antibiotic treatment,

SUBMITTER: Arbune M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8707720 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature