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

Murat Selçuk; Tufan Çınar; Vedat Çiçek; Şahhan Kılıç; Emre Yalçınkaya; Ahmet Lütfullah Orhan

doi:10.18502/crcp.v6i6.9169

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.