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Alessandro Santo Bortone - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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a strange cough 3d echocardiography for diagnosis of late tricuspid valve endocarditis in a former Drug Addict with septic pulmonary emboli
International Journal of Cardiology, 2011Co-Authors: Natale Daniele Brunetti, Luisa De Gennaro, D P Basile, Emanuela De Cillis, Tommaso Acquaviva, Filippo Boscia, Matteo Di Biase, Alessandro Santo BortoneAbstract:Tricuspid valve endocarditis (TVE) is not an uncommon finding in intravenous Drug Addicts [1]. TVE with pulmonary septic embolization, however, is a less common finding [2]. Even more rare is the diagnosis of TVE mainly led by pulmonary signs. We report the case of a 40-year-old man, a former intravenous Drug Addict, referred to our institution for recurrent episodes of cough and fever mimicking episodes of pneumonitis since a couple of months. The patient was affected by chronic hepatitis C, without history of heart disease. At previous hospitalization, chest radiograph showed 2 parenchyma nodules within left lung (basal and apical). A pneumonitis was therefore hypothesized and the patient was administrated with levofloxacin and ceftriaxone for 2 weeks, without any symptom relief. At present hospitalization, chest X-ray confirmed the presence of a single nodule in the basal segment of the left lung. Physical examination, however, was unremarkable. Rest ECG showed sinus rhythm at 78 bpm without significant ST anomalies (Fig. 1). Systolic blood pressure was 120/80 mm Hg. Troponin was 0.03 ng/ml and N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide 20.6 pg/ml, while C-reactive
Natale Daniele Brunetti - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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a strange cough 3d echocardiography for diagnosis of late tricuspid valve endocarditis in a former Drug Addict with septic pulmonary emboli
International Journal of Cardiology, 2011Co-Authors: Natale Daniele Brunetti, Luisa De Gennaro, D P Basile, Emanuela De Cillis, Tommaso Acquaviva, Filippo Boscia, Matteo Di Biase, Alessandro Santo BortoneAbstract:Tricuspid valve endocarditis (TVE) is not an uncommon finding in intravenous Drug Addicts [1]. TVE with pulmonary septic embolization, however, is a less common finding [2]. Even more rare is the diagnosis of TVE mainly led by pulmonary signs. We report the case of a 40-year-old man, a former intravenous Drug Addict, referred to our institution for recurrent episodes of cough and fever mimicking episodes of pneumonitis since a couple of months. The patient was affected by chronic hepatitis C, without history of heart disease. At previous hospitalization, chest radiograph showed 2 parenchyma nodules within left lung (basal and apical). A pneumonitis was therefore hypothesized and the patient was administrated with levofloxacin and ceftriaxone for 2 weeks, without any symptom relief. At present hospitalization, chest X-ray confirmed the presence of a single nodule in the basal segment of the left lung. Physical examination, however, was unremarkable. Rest ECG showed sinus rhythm at 78 bpm without significant ST anomalies (Fig. 1). Systolic blood pressure was 120/80 mm Hg. Troponin was 0.03 ng/ml and N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide 20.6 pg/ml, while C-reactive
L. Ajello - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Treatment and serological studies of an Italian case of penicilliosis marneffei contracted in Thailand by a Drug Addict infected with the human immunodeficiency virus
European journal of epidemiology, 1993Co-Authors: Maria Anna Viviani, Anna Maria Tortorano, G. Rizzardini, T. Quirino, Leo Kaufman, Arvind A. Padhye, L. AjelloAbstract:A case of disseminated penicilliosis marneffei, the first to be diagnosed in Italy, is described in a male HIV-positive Drug Addict. The patient had visited Thailand several times in the two years prior to his hospitalization. The presenting signs were fever, productive cough, facial skin papules and pustules, nodules on both thumbs and oropharyngeal candidiasis.
Petros Nihoyannopoulos - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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tricuspid valvectomy following tricuspid valve endocarditis on an intravenous Drug Addict
Heart, 2001Co-Authors: Petros NihoyannopoulosAbstract:A 50 year old man was originally referred in 1983 with a nine week history of multiple complaints of headache, backache, profuse night sweats with rigors, anorexia, and general malaise. He was a registered intravenous Drug abuser for many years, and had been recently prescribed methadone. On …
K Y Wong - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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sudden death from ruptured septic myocardial infarct in an intravenous Drug Addict
Forensic Science International, 1995Co-Authors: P Dickens, K Y WongAbstract:A case of ruptured septic myocardial infarct with death from cardiac tamponade in an intravenous Drug Addict with left-sided infective endocarditis and septic coronary artery embolism is described. To the best of our knowledge, there is no previous report of such a case in the literature. Although uncommon, infective endocarditis with coronary embolisation is a well-documented cause of myocardial infarction, although not normally associated with ventricular free wall rupture, and should be considered in intravenous Drug Addicts who present with cardiac symptoms and signs of sepsis.
