Clinical and Medical Case Reports

Fukui Prefectural Hospital, 2-8-1 Yotsui,Fukui-shi, Fukui-ken 910-0846, Japan

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• Case Report   
  Staphylococcus Aureus Infective Endocarditis in an Immunocompetent Patient After Herpes Zoster Skin Infection
  Author(s): Hitokazu Tsukao*, Riki Matsukawa, Tsubasa Ueda, Yuya Fujii, Wataru Yamaguchi, Junya Nakaya and Toru Kojima
  
  Certain skin conditions, like atopic dermatitis, pose a risk for the development of skin infections and, in more advanced stages of bacteremia. Consequently, it is hypothesized that skin diseases could play a role in the onset of Infectious Endocarditis (IE). We present a 21-years-old Japanese female with a history of acne vulgaris. Shingles appeared on the patient’s right trunk, thus she consulted a local dermatologist after 9 days, and her condition improved after receiving an antiviral drug. However, 32 days after she developed shingles, she experienced fever and vomiting that did not improve, and presented to a nearby clinic on day 36. She was referred to the hospital on the same day. A medical work-up revealed Staphylococcus aureus in two sets of blood cultures taken upon admission. Transesophageal echocardiography unveiled a 1.7 cm vegetation near the septum of th.. Read More»
  DOI: 10.37421/2684-4915.2024.8.286

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