Endocarditis: the great mimic of rheumatic diseases.
Rheumatic manifestations may be prevalent in more than 30% of patients with infective endocarditis (IE), often predating this diagnosis by several months. A case series of five patients recorded at a tertiary care Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology unit over a period of 1 year emphasises that varied presentations of endocarditis may mimic uncommon rheumatic diseases.
Senior Resident, Department of Clinical Immunology, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Durga Prasanna
DP
Misra
Senior Resident, Department of Clinical Immunology, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Abhra Chandra
AC
Chowdury
Senior Resident, Department of Clinical Immunology, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Sukesh
S
Edavalath
Professor, Department of Clinical Immunology, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Amita
A
Aggarwal
Additional Professor, Department of Cardiology, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Sudeep
S
Kumar
Additional Professor, Department of Cardiology, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India vikasagr@yahoo.com.
Vikas
V
Agarwal
D000328:Adult; D001170:Arthritis, Infectious / Q000150:complications; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009141:Musculoskeletal System / Q000503:physiopathology; D012216:Rheumatic Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D012307:Risk Factors
Asia; Bacterial infection; diagnosis; immune; musculoskeletal