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ArticleBMJ case reports2021

Diagnostic challenge: an atypical presentation of infective endocarditis.

Cristina Sarah Parente, Laura Emma Sandland-Taylor, Waheed Akhtar

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Article in BMJ case reports, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

0 citing papers in PubMed, 1 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Cristina Sarah Parente *Cardiology, United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, UK csparente1@doctors.org.uk.
Laura Emma Sandland-Taylor *Cardiology, United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, UK.
Waheed AkhtarLincolnshire Heart Centre, United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, UK.
United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

It is recognised that infective endocarditis is frequently a challenging diagnosis to make, as it may present with a range of non-specific symptoms. A middle-aged man was admitted with an 8-day history of profuse non-bloody diarrhoea and vomiting. He had no medical history and no identifiable risk factors for infective endocarditis, and so this in combination with the patient's atypical symptoms presented a diagnostic challenge. The patient was eventually diagnosed with a

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BacteremiaBlood CultureC-Reactive ProteinDiagnosis, DifferentialDiarrheaDysenteryEarly Warning ScoreEchocardiographyEndocarditis, BacterialHumansHypoxiaLactic AcidLeukocytosisMaleMiddle AgedPneumoniaC-Reactive ProteinLactic Acidinfectionsmedical educationmedical managementvalvar diseases

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PMID33495170
PMCPMC7839874
OpenAlexW3122677053

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