Subacute bacterial endocarditis presenting as polymyalgia rheumatica or giant cell arteritis. - Concepedia

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Subacute bacterial endocarditis presenting as polymyalgia rheumatica or giant cell arteritis.

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2006

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C. Auzary, D. Lê Thi Huong, Xavier Delarbre, A Sbaï, F Lhote, T. Papo, B Wechsler, P. Cacoub, C Martin-Hunyadi, J.C. Pietté

Abstract

Rheumatologic symptoms may hinder the correct diagnosis of infective endocarditis in patients who present with a clinical picture suggesting polymyalgia rheumatica or giant cell arteritis. In such cases, blood cultures should be systematically drawn.