Subacute bacterial endocarditis in a patient with ankylosing spondylitis.
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- 1 May 1988
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Elsevier in Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases
- Vol. 47 (5) , 423-427
- https://doi.org/10.1136/ard.47.5.423
Abstract
A 57 year old white man with aortic insufficiency and previously undiagnosed ankylosing spondylitis, who developed subacute bacterial endocarditis (SBE), is described. Emergency aortic valve replacement was necessary, and the aortic valve pathology showed diffusely fibrosed and thickened valve leaflets with bacterial vegetations. This is the first recorded case of SBE in ankylosing spondylitis.Keywords
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