| Autor: |
El Ouarradi, Amal, Kantri, Aziza, Agrad, Khalid, Bensahi, Ilham, Merzouk, Fatimazzahra, Guennoun, Zineb, Makani, Said, Jebbari, Yousra, Elkettani, Chafik, Sabry, Mohamed |
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Pan African Medical Journal; Sep-Dec2021, Vol. 40, p1-9, 9p |
| Abstrakt: |
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has emerged as a pandemic and public health crisis across the world. The severity of this situation is escalating in certain populations, particularly when the COVID-19 diagnosis may delay the recognition of more dramatic illnesses such as infective endocarditis, which is a dreaded complication in patients with cardiac disease. We report the case of two patients who presented with infective endocarditis initially mistaken for COVID-19 pneumonia, which was responsible for a delay in diagnosis. We discuss the diagnostic difficulties as well as the management of this complication in the COVID-19 era. As a physician, one must remain alert to this dreaded complication, especially in patients with a cardiac history, in order to prevent it, detect it early, and manage it in time. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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Complementary Index |
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