Co-inciding Native Infective Endocarditis and COVID-19 in an Older Patient: A Case Report

Authors

  • Murat Selçuk Department of Cardiology, Sultan II. Abdülhamid Han Training and Research Hospital, Health Sciences University, Istanbul, Turkey.
  • Tufan Çınar Department of Cardiology, Sultan II. Abdülhamid Han Training and Research Hospital, Health Sciences University, Istanbul, Turkey.
  • Vedat Çiçek Department of Cardiology, Sultan II. Abdülhamid Han Training and Research Hospital, Health Sciences University, Istanbul, Turkey
  • Şahhan Kılıç Department of Cardiology, Sultan II. Abdülhamid Han Training and Research Hospital, Health Sciences University, Istanbul, Turkey
  • Emre Yalçınkaya Department of Cardiology, Sultan II. Abdülhamid Han Training and Research Hospital, Health Sciences University, Istanbul, Turkey
  • Ahmet Lütfullah Orhan Department of Cardiology, Sultan II. Abdülhamid Han Training and Research Hospital, Health Sciences University, Istanbul, Turkey

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18502/crcp.v6i6.9169

Keywords:

COVID-19; Endocarditis; Coinfection

Abstract

Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) is an ongoing pandemic caused by Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). Patients with infective endocarditis (IE) and COVID-19 can present similar signs and symptoms; thus, it may be difficult for clinicians to diagnose such infections.

This report presented a patient diagnosed with IE and co-infected with COVID-19. This case highlights that every physician should consider COVID-19 infection when evaluating patients with IE.

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Published

2022-04-12

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Volume (6) issue (6)

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