2024
DOI: 10.7759/cureus.62373
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A Hole in the Heart, a Hole in the Defenses: A Case of Pseudomonas Endocarditis

Azka Naeem,
Sajog Kansakar,
Arjun Basnet
et al.

Abstract: Infective endocarditis (IE) is a rare but serious infection of the cardiac endothelium. This case report presents a rare instance of left-sided Pseudomonas aeruginosa endocarditis in an immunocompetent patient without traditional risk factors for IE. Pseudomonas endocarditis is uncommon and usually associated with specific factors. The patient in this case was a 30-year-old male with end-stage renal disease, receiving hemodialysis through a tunneled dialysis cathet… Show more

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