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ArticleCureus2023

Mitral Valve Infective Endocarditis Associated With Prednisolone-Induced Immunosuppression: A Case Report.

Tomohiro Nakajima, Yutaka Iba, Tsuyoshi Shibata, Akihito Ohkawa, Nobuyoshi Kawaharada

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Article in Cureus, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 1 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Tomohiro NakajimaCardiovascular Surgery, Sapporo Medical University, Sapporo, JPN.
Yutaka IbaCardiovascular Surgery, Sapporo Medical University, Sapporo, JPN.
Tsuyoshi ShibataCardiovascular Surgery, Sapporo Medical University, Sapporo, JPN.
Akihito OhkawaCardiovascular Surgery, Sapporo Medical University, Sapporo, JPN.
Nobuyoshi KawaharadaCardiovascular Surgery, Sapporo Medical University, Sapporo, JPN.
Sapporo Medical University · JP

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A 74-year-old man with pemphigoid, for which he was on a daily regimen of 14 mg of prednisolone and immunosuppressive drugs, was admitted to the orthopedic surgery department with a fever of 38 °C. An MRI scan of his head revealed multiple bilateral cerebral infarcts, and echocardiography showed a 30-mm structure attached to the anterior apex of the mitral valve. The patient was diagnosed with infective endocarditis and administered antibiotic therapy. Five days after the diagnosis, the patient underwent mitral valve surgery, during which the mitral valve was observed to be severely deteriorated and hence replaced with a bioprosthetic valve. Blood flow disturbance was observed in the right lower extremity, and a thrombectomy was performed. A dispersed vegetation around the heart was observed and removed. After the surgery, the patient progressed without mediastinitis and had a good postoperative course. He was discharged from the hospital on the 56th postoperative day after continued antibiotic therapy.

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immunosupressionsinfective endocarditismitral valvemitral valve regurtitationpredonisolon

Identifiers

PMID38074040
PMCPMC10703735
OpenAlexW4388474134

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