TY - JOUR
T1 - Aortic root fistula complicating Austrian syndrome
AU - Bakhit, Ahmed
AU - Mishra, Ajay Kumar
AU - Choudhary, Khushal
AU - Khaled Soufi, Mohamed
PY - 2021/5/17
Y1 - 2021/5/17
N2 - Austrian syndrome occurs in 1.2% of all patients with pneumococcal infective endocarditis. It presents with the triad of meningitis, pneumonia, and endocarditis. It is commonly seen in elderly males with a history of alcohol abuse, an immunocompromised state, or recent valve surgery. We present a case of Austrian syndrome presenting with paravalvular complications in the form of aortic root fistula. In this report, we describe the second patient with the community-acquired, pneumococcal, native, aortic valve, endocarditis with Austrian syndrome complicated by the development of an aortic fistula.
AB - Austrian syndrome occurs in 1.2% of all patients with pneumococcal infective endocarditis. It presents with the triad of meningitis, pneumonia, and endocarditis. It is commonly seen in elderly males with a history of alcohol abuse, an immunocompromised state, or recent valve surgery. We present a case of Austrian syndrome presenting with paravalvular complications in the form of aortic root fistula. In this report, we describe the second patient with the community-acquired, pneumococcal, native, aortic valve, endocarditis with Austrian syndrome complicated by the development of an aortic fistula.
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U2 - 10.4081/monaldi.2021.1834
DO - 10.4081/monaldi.2021.1834
M3 - Article
C2 - 34006041
AN - SCOPUS:85116957115
SN - 1122-0643
VL - 91
JO - Archivio Monaldi per la Tissologia e le Malattie dell'Apparato Respiratorio
JF - Archivio Monaldi per la Tissologia e le Malattie dell'Apparato Respiratorio
IS - 3
ER -