Blood culture-negative infective endocarditis with thalassemia and neurological complication: A dangerous combination

نویسندگان

1 Department of Cardiology and Vascular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Airlangga University – dr. Soetomo General Hospital, Surabaya, Indonesia

2 Department of Cardiology and Vascular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Airlangga University – dr. Soetomo General Hospital, Surabaya, Indonesia

3 Department of Cardiology and Vascular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Airlangga University – dr. Soetomo General Hospital, Surabaya, Indonesia 2Faculty of Medicine Duta Wacana Christian University, Yogyakarta, Indonesia

4 Department of Cardiology and Vascular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Airlangga University – dr. Soetomo General Hospital, Surabaya, Indonesia

doi
10.58209/ijbc.14.4.111
چکیده

Background: Infective endocarditis (IE) is a life-threatening systemic disease that mostly affects people with valvular heart disease, prosthetic valves, or intracardiac devices. Infective endocarditis is a dangerous cardiac involvement in thalassemia patients. Thus, a multidisciplinary approach is important to provide efficient and effective therapy. Case presentation: A 31-year-old man came to our tertiary referral ...