Infectious endocarditis of the mitral valve with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy in Costello syndrome

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Costello syndrome is a rare congenital disease caused by activating germline mutations, and it is often associated with cardiac abnormalities. A 17-year-old male, who had a history of Costello syndrome, presented with persistent fever. The vegetation attached to anterior mitral leaflet was detected, and antibiotic therapy was administered as treatment for infectious endocarditis. However, it was difficult to manag...

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• Abnormalities, Multiple
• Adolescent
• Adrenergic beta-Antagonists
• Cardiomegaly
• Intellectual Disability
• Proto-Oncogene Proteins p21(ras)
• Severity of Illness Index
• Syndrome

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Literature Corpus work

8a97653d-2e1d-55cb-9a4d-9d92af50cab4

DOI

10.22541/au.170665827.79526580/v1