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Revista Cubana de Medicina Militar

versión impresa ISSN 0138-6557versión On-line ISSN 1561-3046

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VEGA CANDELARIO, Rodolfo. Septic pulmonary and systemic embolisms as form of presentation of infective endocarditis. Rev Cub Med Mil [online]. 2020, vol.49, n.2, e292.  Epub 01-Jun-2020. ISSN 0138-6557.

Introduction:

Since the 1950s, the classical clinical presentation of infectious endocarditis (E.I) has varied. Due to the use of antibiotics, illicit drugs, venous catheters, traditional manifestations are not frequent.

Objectives:

To review the embolic presentation of endocarditis and pecify the preventive measures with the new techniques.

Clinical case:

A patient with chronic renal insufficiency, diabetic, hypertensive, with central venous catheter, intense chills, fever of 39.5 ° C, intense headache, general state, severe chest pain, cough, expectoration with bright red blood, dyspnea, holosystolic regurgitant murmur, after a section of hemodialysis. Doppler echocardiogram was performed, visualizing multiple small vegetation's, positive blood cultures to golden staphylococci, treatment according to antibiograms for 6 weeks, at the end of which the extreme severity was resolved.

Comments:

Infective endocarditis can have a very different behavior from previous decades; it can appear as an acute fulminating disease due to embolic, septic, multiple manifestations.

Palabras clave : infectious endocarditis; septic embolisms, doppler echocardiography; blood cultures.

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