Prolonged fever and involuntary weight loss as manifestations of bacterial endocarditis: A case report

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We reported an unusual presentation of prolonged fever and involuntary weight loss in older adult as a manifestation of infective bacterial endocarditis. The patient had pre-existing compensated asymptomatic valvular heart disease without treatment. A positive fecal occult blood test is prompting an investigation of malignancy of gastrointestinal as one of other possible cause of prolonged fever with wasting, evaluation of HIV serostatus shows seronegative. The case fulfilled criteria for definitive infective endocarditis: one major criterion of positive blood culture for Streptococcus mitis, which was one of viridans group streptococci and three minor criteria of fever at least 38°Celsius, immunologic phenomena in the form of glomerulonephritis, and a predisposing heart condition. One course of third-generation cephalosporin successfully cleared the Streptococcus mitis infection proven by culture. Infective endocarditis should be considered as one of the causes of prolonged fever with wasting, especially in cases with the previous history of heart disease.

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Sukmawati, N. M. D. D., Merati, T. P., Somia, A., Utama, S., & Gayatri, Y. (2018). Prolonged fever and involuntary weight loss as manifestations of bacterial endocarditis: A case report. In IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science (Vol. 125). Institute of Physics Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1088/1755-1315/125/1/012076

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