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Pan Afr Med J
. 2021 Nov 12;40:152.
doi: 10.11604/pamj.2021.40.152.32071. eCollection 2021.
Infective endocarditis following COVID-19 pneumonia: about two cases
Amal El Ouarradi[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Aziza Kantri[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Khalid Agrad[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Ilham Bensahi[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Fatimazzahra Merzouk[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Zineb Guennoun[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Said Makani[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Yousra Jebbari[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Chafik Elkettani[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Mohamed Sabry[SUP] 1 [/SUP]
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Abstract
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has emerged as a pandemic and public health crisis across the world. The severity of this situation is escalating in certain populations, particularly when the COVID-19 diagnosis may delay the recognition of more dramatic illnesses such as infective endocarditis, which is a dreaded complication in patients with cardiac disease. We report the case of two patients who presented with infective endocarditis initially mistaken for COVID-19 pneumonia, which was responsible for a delay in diagnosis. We discuss the diagnostic difficulties as well as the management of this complication in the COVID-19 era. As a physician, one must remain alert to this dreaded complication, especially in patients with a cardiac history, in order to prevent it, detect it early, and manage it in time.
Keywords: COVID-19; Infective endocarditis; SARS-CoV-2; case report; heart failure.
. 2021 Nov 12;40:152.
doi: 10.11604/pamj.2021.40.152.32071. eCollection 2021.
Infective endocarditis following COVID-19 pneumonia: about two cases
Amal El Ouarradi[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Aziza Kantri[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Khalid Agrad[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Ilham Bensahi[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Fatimazzahra Merzouk[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Zineb Guennoun[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Said Makani[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Yousra Jebbari[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Chafik Elkettani[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Mohamed Sabry[SUP] 1 [/SUP]
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- PMID: 34970394
- PMCID: PMC8683463
- DOI: 10.11604/pamj.2021.40.152.32071
Abstract
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has emerged as a pandemic and public health crisis across the world. The severity of this situation is escalating in certain populations, particularly when the COVID-19 diagnosis may delay the recognition of more dramatic illnesses such as infective endocarditis, which is a dreaded complication in patients with cardiac disease. We report the case of two patients who presented with infective endocarditis initially mistaken for COVID-19 pneumonia, which was responsible for a delay in diagnosis. We discuss the diagnostic difficulties as well as the management of this complication in the COVID-19 era. As a physician, one must remain alert to this dreaded complication, especially in patients with a cardiac history, in order to prevent it, detect it early, and manage it in time.
Keywords: COVID-19; Infective endocarditis; SARS-CoV-2; case report; heart failure.