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Native tricuspid valve endocarditis presenting as pyrexia of unknown origin
S Singh, A Goel
Department of Medicine, Lady Hardinge Medical College and Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital, Delhi, India
Date of Submission | 22-Feb-2022 |
Date of Decision | 02-Apr-2022 |
Date of Acceptance | 22-Apr-2022 |
Date of Web Publication | 28-Nov-2022 |
Correspondence Address: S Singh, Department of Medicine, Lady Hardinge Medical College and Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital, Delhi India
 Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None DOI: 10.4103/jpgm.jpgm_194_22 PMID: 36453387
Native tricuspid valve endocarditis is quite rare without any predisposing factors and poses a diagnostic challenge because of fewer cardiac symptoms and lesser peripheral manifestations. This is a case report of a 25-year-old female who presented with high-grade fever, dry cough, decreased appetite, and weight loss for 1 month with no history of intravenous drug use or evidence of underlying cardiac abnormality and was diagnosed with native tricuspid valve endocarditis.
Keywords: Febrile illness, right-sided infective endocarditis, septic pulmonary emboli
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