A case report of infective endocarditis in a 10-year-old girl
Infective endocarditis is a rare disease in children, and it can result in significant morbidity and mortality. The epidemiology of infective endocarditis in children has shifted in recent years with less rheumatic heart disease, more congenital heart disease survival, and increased use of central v...
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| description | Infective endocarditis is a rare disease in children, and it can result in significant morbidity and mortality. The epidemiology of infective endocarditis in children has shifted in recent years with less rheumatic heart disease, more congenital heart disease survival, and increased use of central venous catheters in children with chronic illness. Less commonly, infective endocarditis occurs in children with no preexisting cardiac disease or other known risk factors. We present a 10-year-old girl with no known cardiac disease or any other risk factors who was diagnosed with infective endocarditis according to modified Duke criteria. Blood cultures grew haemophilus parainfluenza. She had prolonged fever for 2 weeks after starting antibiotics, even though her blood culture became sterile 48 hours after treatment. We emphasize the importance of maintaining high index of suspicion for endocarditis in febrile children, even those without cardiac anomalies or other apparent risk factors. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-add5d94108fb46c19f4cdf76938c73512022-12-22T02:12:23ZengMDPI AGClinics and Practice2039-72752039-72832018-07-018310.4081/cp.2018.1070A case report of infective endocarditis in a 10-year-old girlShafee Salloum0Christopher J. Bugnitz1Department of Hospital Medicine, Dayton Children's Hospital, Dayton, OHDepartment of Pediatric Cardiology, Dayton Children's Hospital, Dayton, OHInfective endocarditis is a rare disease in children, and it can result in significant morbidity and mortality. The epidemiology of infective endocarditis in children has shifted in recent years with less rheumatic heart disease, more congenital heart disease survival, and increased use of central venous catheters in children with chronic illness. Less commonly, infective endocarditis occurs in children with no preexisting cardiac disease or other known risk factors. We present a 10-year-old girl with no known cardiac disease or any other risk factors who was diagnosed with infective endocarditis according to modified Duke criteria. Blood cultures grew haemophilus parainfluenza. She had prolonged fever for 2 weeks after starting antibiotics, even though her blood culture became sterile 48 hours after treatment. We emphasize the importance of maintaining high index of suspicion for endocarditis in febrile children, even those without cardiac anomalies or other apparent risk factors.https://www.clinicsandpractice.org/index.php/cp/article/view/1070Infective endocarditisbacteremiafever. |
| spellingShingle | Shafee Salloum Christopher J. Bugnitz A case report of infective endocarditis in a 10-year-old girl Clinics and Practice Infective endocarditis bacteremia fever. |
| title | A case report of infective endocarditis in a 10-year-old girl |
| title_full | A case report of infective endocarditis in a 10-year-old girl |
| title_fullStr | A case report of infective endocarditis in a 10-year-old girl |
| title_full_unstemmed | A case report of infective endocarditis in a 10-year-old girl |
| title_short | A case report of infective endocarditis in a 10-year-old girl |
| title_sort | case report of infective endocarditis in a 10 year old girl |
| topic | Infective endocarditis bacteremia fever. |
| url | https://www.clinicsandpractice.org/index.php/cp/article/view/1070 |
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