TY - JOUR
T1 - Infective endocarditis following chicken pox
T2 - A rare association
AU - Bhatt, Manasvini
AU - Gupta, Nitin
AU - Soneja, Manish
AU - Das, Ujjwalkumar S.
AU - Thirumurthy, Velpandian
AU - Biswas, Ashutosh
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2019, Kurume University School of Medicine. All rights reserved.
PY - 2019
Y1 - 2019
N2 - A 38-year old immunocompetent male presented to us with chicken pox complicated by development of Guillain-Barre syndrome (GBS) and left-sided native valve endocarditis due to methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). This was further complicated by embolization to various vital organs including the brain. The patient was treated with vancomycin for four weeks but did not respond to the treatment. We present this case to highlight the rare complications associated with chicken pox and the challenges faced in management of such a case.
AB - A 38-year old immunocompetent male presented to us with chicken pox complicated by development of Guillain-Barre syndrome (GBS) and left-sided native valve endocarditis due to methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). This was further complicated by embolization to various vital organs including the brain. The patient was treated with vancomycin for four weeks but did not respond to the treatment. We present this case to highlight the rare complications associated with chicken pox and the challenges faced in management of such a case.
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U2 - 10.2739/kurumemedj.MS662004
DO - 10.2739/kurumemedj.MS662004
M3 - Article
C2 - 34135199
AN - SCOPUS:85111129805
SN - 0023-5679
VL - 66
SP - 127
EP - 133
JO - Kurume Medical Journal
JF - Kurume Medical Journal
IS - 2
ER -