Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis Associated With Endocarditis: A Case Years in the Making

Circulation. 2022 Mar 22;145(12):934-939. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.121.057951. Epub 2022 Mar 21.

Authors

Vanessa Blumer^{1

2}, Joshua B Parsons³, D Ryan Anderson⁴, Gerald S Bloomfield^{1

2}, Cary Ward¹

Affiliations

¹ Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine (V.B., G.S.B., C.W.), Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC.
² Duke Clinical Research Institute, Durham, NC (V.B., G.S.B.).
³ Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine (J.B.P.), Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC.
⁴ Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine (D.R.A.), Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC.

PMID: 35312382
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.121.057951

No abstract available

Keywords: Mycobacterium chimaera; endocarditis; lymphohistiocytosis, hemophagocytic; mitral valve.

MeSH terms

Endocarditis* / diagnosis
Endocarditis* / diagnostic imaging
Endocarditis, Bacterial* / diagnosis
Endocarditis, Bacterial* / diagnostic imaging
Humans
Lymphohistiocytosis, Hemophagocytic* / complications
Lymphohistiocytosis, Hemophagocytic* / diagnosis