Recurrent infective endocarditis in a drug addict. Multiple separate episodes in nine years.
Multiple episodes of documented recurrent infective endocarditis occurred in an habitual drug abuser. The six recurrences represent the largest known number reported in a single patient. The case illustrates many characteristics of infective endocarditis and serves to emphasize that recurrent infections are likely if endocarditis risk factors are not eliminated.
D000328:Adult; D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D013293:Enterococcus faecalis; D006556:Heroin Dependence / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012008:Recurrence; D012306:Risk; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000209:etiology; D013290:Streptococcal Infections / Q000209:etiology; D013997:Time Factors