Haemophilus aphrophilus Endocarditis after Tongue Piercing

Akhondi, Hossein; Rahimi, Ali R.

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Haemophilus aphrophilus Endocarditis after Tongue Piercing

Published Date:

Aug 2002

Source:

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

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Akhondi, Hossein ; Rahimi, Ali R. ;

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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.

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Emerging Infectious Diseases

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