Haemophilus aphrophilus Endocarditis after Tongue Piercing

Akhondi, Hossein; Rahimi, Ali R.

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Haemophilus aphrophilus Endocarditis after Tongue Piercing

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Aug 2002
By Akhondi, Hossein ; Rahimi, Ali R.

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Emerg Infect Dis
Personal Author:

Akhondi, Hossein ; Rahimi, Ali R.
Description:

Piercing invades subcutaneous areas and has a high potential for infectious complications. The number of case reports of endocarditis associated with piercing is increasing. We studied a 25-year-old man with a pierced tongue, who arrived at Memorial Health University Medical Center with fever, chills, rigors, and shortness of breath of 6 days' duration and had an aortic valvuloplasty for correction of congenital aortic stenosis.
Subjects:

Adult Ampicillin Anti-Bacterial Agents Cosmetic Techniques Dispatch Endocarditis Endocarditis, Bacterial Gentamicins Haemophilus Haemophilus Aphrophilus Haemophilus Infections Humans Male Nafcillin Penicillins Piercing Complications Tongue Wounds, Penetrating
Source:

Emerg Infect Dis. 8(8):850-851.
Document Type:

Journal Article
Volume:

8
Issue:

8
Collection(s):

Emerging Infectious Diseases
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urn:sha256:9546a608edc39ce59575dfcabb42f644dcfeb03041991a3495721fc1af6a6d26
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