A case of adult patent ductus arteriosus-associated infective endarteritis who was successfully treated with only antibiotics

Akira Kanai; Yuichi Chikata; Hiroshi Iwata; Tomohi Ajima; Tomohiro Kaneko; Azusa Murata; Nobuyuki Kagiyama; Yoshifumi Fukushima; Sakiko Miyazaki; Tohru Minamino

doi:10.1002/ccr3.7016

A case of adult patent ductus arteriosus-associated infective endarteritis who was successfully treated with only antibiotics

Clin Case Rep. 2023 Mar 14;11(3):e7016. doi: 10.1002/ccr3.7016. eCollection 2023 Mar.

Affiliations

¹ Clinical Training Center Juntendo University Faculty of Medicine Tokyo Japan.
² Department of Cardiovascular Biology and Medicine Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine Tokyo Japan.

Abstract

Patent ductus arteriosus-associated infective endarteritis (PDA-IE) is an extremely rare complication of PDA in recent years. In this report, we describe a case of PDA-IE complicated by septic pulmonary embolism who was successfully treated with only antibiotics.

Keywords: infective endarteritis; patent ductus arteriosus; pulmonary septic embolism.

Publication types

Case Reports