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.
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.
Lee
Sang-Hee
SH
Department of Internal Medicine, Inha University Hospital, Incheon, Republic of Korea.
Chung
Moon-Hyun
MH
Lee
Jin-Soo
JS
Kim
Eun Sil
ES
Suh
Jung-Gee
JG
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
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents