Severe Backache as a Presenting Sign of Bacterial Endocarditis
- 12 January 1981
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Acta Medica Scandinavica
- Vol. 210 (1-6), 329-331
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.0954-6820.1981.tb09825.x
Abstract
Two patients whose presenting sign of bacteria endocarditis was a sudden and severe backache are reported. According to the literature, 25-44% of patients with bacterial endocarditis have musculoskeletal symptoms and in about 27% of these symptoms are the 1st sign of the disease. The most probable pathogenetic mechanism of these symptoms is arterial microembolization consisting of bacteria and immune complexes.Keywords
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