Infective Endocarditis Cases Detected While Investigating the Etiology of Fever of Unknown Origin/Nedeni Bilinmeyen Ates Etyolojisi Arastirilirken Saptanan Infektif Endokardit Olgular
Infections, neoplasms, and collagen vascular diseases like many others are among the causes of fever of unknown origin with a varying frequency depending upon the age. Among infectious causes, infective endocarditis is reported as 0-8% in western countries and 0-3.8% in Turkey as the cause of fevers...
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Veröffentlicht in: | KLIMIK dergisi 2020-08, Vol.33 (2), p.191 |
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Zusammenfassung: | Infections, neoplasms, and collagen vascular diseases like many others are among the causes of fever of unknown origin with a varying frequency depending upon the age. Among infectious causes, infective endocarditis is reported as 0-8% in western countries and 0-3.8% in Turkey as the cause of fevers of unknown origin. Infective endocarditis is an infectious disease and is of great importance because of its high mortality and morbidity. It should be considered in the differential diagnosis in case of fever and cardiac murmur. In this report, 8 cases of infective endocarditis detected while investigating the etiology of fever of unknown origin are presented. Klimik Dergisi. 2020; 33(2): 191-4. Key Words: Fever of unknown origin, endocarditis. Nedeni bilinmeyen ates nedenleri arasinda, sikligi yasa gore degisiklik gostermekle birlikte infeksiyonlar, neoplazmlar ve kolajen vaskuler hastaliklar gibi bircok hastalik sayilabilir. Infek- siyoz nedenler arasinda infektif endokardit Bati ulkelerinde %0-8, ulkemizde ise %0-3.8 oranla nedeni bilinmeyen ates nedeni olarak bildirilmektedir. Infektif endokardit bir infeksiyon acilidir ve yuksek mortalite ve morbiditeye yol acmasi nedeniyle onemini koruyan bir hastaliktir. Ates ve ufurum varliginda ayirici tanida mutlaka dusunulmelidir. Bu bildiride nedeni bilinmeyen ates etyolojisi arastirilirken saptanan 8 infektif endokardit olgusu sunulmustur. Klimik Dergisi. 2020; 33(2): 191-4. Anahtar Sozcukler: Nedeni bilinmeyen ates, endokardit. |
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ISSN: | 1301-143X |
DOI: | 10.5152/kd.2020.37 |