Gonococcal endocarditis, a rare complication of disseminated gonococcal infection

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Infection with Neisseria gonorrhoeae has an incidence of 700.000 people annually, however gonococcal dissemination occurs only between 1% and 3% of cases. Gonococcal endocarditis occurs between 1% and 2% of disseminated gonococcal infections, occurring mainly in young men and is at high risk for complications and mortality. It is reported in the case of a 64-year-old man with fever and joint pain, a positive blood culture was obtained for Neisseria gonorrhoeae and in the echocardiogram vegetation was found in the mitral valve. Antibiotic management was given, which resolved bacteremia and vegetation.
La infección por Neisseria gonorrhoeae tiene una incidencia de 700.000 personas anualmente, sin embargo, la diseminación gonocócica se presenta solo entre el 1% y el 3% de los casos. La endocarditis gonocócica ocurre entre el 1% y 2% de las infecciones gonocócicas diseminadas, ocurre principalmente en hombres jóvenes y tiene alto riesgo de complicaciones y mortalidad. Se reporta el caso de un hombre de 64 años con cuadro de fiebre y dolor articular, se obtuvo hemocultivo positivo para Neisseria gonorrhoeae y en el ecocardiograma se encontró vegetación en la válvula mitral. Se dio manejo antibiótico, con lo cual se resolvió la bacteriemia y la vegetación.

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