title: A case of Staphylococcus aureus endocarditis after ear piercing in a patient with normal cardiac valve and a questionnaire survey on adverse events of body piercing in college students of Korea.
abstract: Body piercing in young adults is on the rise in western countries and also in Korea. It is usually practised by non-medical persons, and therefore frequently entails local adverse events. Serious complications, such as septic arthritis or infective endocarditis, are occasionally reported, but infective endocarditis in patients with normal cardiac valve is rare. We experienced a case of acute S. aureus endocarditis after ear piercing. Thereafter we studied the status and complications of body piercing in college students of Korea based on a questionnaire survey, and revealed that the rate of ear piercing is high (96.5%) and 61.3% of the pierced persons experience local complications.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Inha University Hospital, Incheon, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Sang-Hee
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Moon-Hyun
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Chung
authors.forename: Jin-Soo
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Eun Sil
authors.initials: ES
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Jung-Gee
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Suh
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D046288:Body Piercing / Q000009:adverse effects*; D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007723:Korea; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents