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

Aleksandra Radovanović Spurnić; Bosiljka Vujisić Tešić; Marija Boričić Kostić; Djordje Jevtović

doi:10.3855/jidc.7462

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

Authors

Aleksandra Radovanović Spurnić University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia
Bosiljka Vujisić Tešić University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia
Marija Boričić Kostić University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia
Djordje Jevtović University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3855/jidc.7462

Keywords:

AIDS, tuberculosis, disseminated tuberculosis, endocarditis, Ebstein heart anomaly

Abstract

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.

Author Biographies

Aleksandra Radovanović Spurnić, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia

MD specialist for infectious disease

Bosiljka Vujisić Tešić, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia

M.D., PhD, specialist for cardiology disease – Head of Department of echocardiography

Marija Boričić Kostić, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia

M.D., specialist for cardiology disease

Djordje Jevtović, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia

M.D., PhD, specialist for infectious disease, Head of AIDS department

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2018-01-10

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Radovanović Spurnić A, Vujisić Tešić B, Boričić Kostić M, Jevtović D (2018) Association of tuberculosis and tricuspid valve endocarditis in AIDS patient with Ebstein heart anomaly. J Infect Dev Ctries 11:967–970. doi: 10.3855/jidc.7462

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Vol. 11 No. 12: December 2017

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Case Reports

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