Association of tuberculosis and tricuspid valve endocarditis in AIDS patient with Ebstein heart anomaly

A case of tricuspid valve endocarditis in an AIDS patient, an intravenous drug user, initially empirically unsuccessfully treated as a Staphylococcus aureus infection, and thereafter turned to be, most likely, of Mycobacterium tuberculosis etiology is presented.

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Main Authors: Aleksandra Radovanović Spurnić, Bosiljka Vujisić Tešić, Marija Boričić Kostić, Djordje Jevtović
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Language:English
Published: The Journal of Infection in Developing Countries 2018-01-01
Series:Journal of Infection in Developing Countries
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Online Access:https://jidc.org/index.php/journal/article/view/7462
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author Aleksandra Radovanović Spurnić
Bosiljka Vujisić Tešić
Marija Boričić Kostić
Djordje Jevtović
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spelling doaj-art-eec4b6910656490c8812f2b018fa3ef22025-08-20T02:16:18ZengThe Journal of Infection in Developing CountriesJournal of Infection in Developing Countries1972-26802018-01-01111210.3855/jidc.7462Association of tuberculosis and tricuspid valve endocarditis in AIDS patient with Ebstein heart anomalyAleksandra Radovanović Spurnić0Bosiljka Vujisić Tešić1Marija Boričić Kostić2Djordje Jevtović3University of Belgrade, Belgrade, SerbiaUniversity of Belgrade, Belgrade, SerbiaUniversity of Belgrade, Belgrade, SerbiaUniversity of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia A case of tricuspid valve endocarditis in an AIDS patient, an intravenous drug user, initially empirically unsuccessfully treated as a Staphylococcus aureus infection, and thereafter turned to be, most likely, of Mycobacterium tuberculosis etiology is presented. https://jidc.org/index.php/journal/article/view/7462AIDStuberculosisdisseminated tuberculosisendocarditisEbstein heart anomaly
spellingShingle Aleksandra Radovanović Spurnić
Bosiljka Vujisić Tešić
Marija Boričić Kostić
Djordje Jevtović
Association of tuberculosis and tricuspid valve endocarditis in AIDS patient with Ebstein heart anomaly
Journal of Infection in Developing Countries
AIDS
tuberculosis
disseminated tuberculosis
endocarditis
Ebstein heart anomaly
title Association of tuberculosis and tricuspid valve endocarditis in AIDS patient with Ebstein heart anomaly
title_full Association of tuberculosis and tricuspid valve endocarditis in AIDS patient with Ebstein heart anomaly
title_fullStr Association of tuberculosis and tricuspid valve endocarditis in AIDS patient with Ebstein heart anomaly
title_full_unstemmed Association of tuberculosis and tricuspid valve endocarditis in AIDS patient with Ebstein heart anomaly
title_short Association of tuberculosis and tricuspid valve endocarditis in AIDS patient with Ebstein heart anomaly
title_sort association of tuberculosis and tricuspid valve endocarditis in aids patient with ebstein heart anomaly
topic AIDS
tuberculosis
disseminated tuberculosis
endocarditis
Ebstein heart anomaly
url https://jidc.org/index.php/journal/article/view/7462
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