Tattooing complicated by multivalvular bacterial endocarditis.
Herz
; 39(3): 349-51, 2014 May.
Article
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| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-23880943
ABSTRACT
Tattooing is becoming a popular practice and more commonly done. Although modern tattooing is considered a more hygienic and technological version of ancient methods, previously reported cases point out the risk of infection after tattooing due to use of nonsterile equipment or suboptimal infection-control practices. Infective endocarditis (IE) after tattooing has been reported only in 1 patient with bicuspid aortic valvular disease. Herein, we report a case of multivalvular IE secondary to tattooing in a patient without known prior valvular heart disease.
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01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Infecções Estafilocócicas
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Endocardite Bacteriana
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Doenças das Valvas Cardíacas
Tipo de estudo:
Diagnostic_studies
Limite:
Adult
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Humans
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Male
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Herz
Ano de publicação:
2014
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Estados Unidos