Disseminated Actinomycosis Presenting as Chronic Right-Heart Failure Due to Right Ventricular and Pericardial Infiltration

Disseminated Actinomycosis Presenting as Chronic Right-Heart Failure Due to Right Ventricular and Pericardial Infiltration

Actinomycosis is an indolent, slowly progressive bacterial infection prevalent in tropical countries, commonly affecting cervicofacial, thoracic, abdominal, or pelvic regions. With early diagnosis and appropriate therapy, the prognosis is excellent. However, late presentation and widespread dissemin...

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Main Authors: Manjappa Mahadevappa, MD, DM, Prashanth Kulkarni, MD, DM, K.S. Poornima, MBBS
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-10-01
Series:JACC: Case Reports
Subjects:
chronic right heart failure
disseminated actinomycosis
pericardial infiltration
RV infiltration
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666084920308883
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spelling doaj-250e664a4bc84a2ca5914ac3bfe30ab72021-06-07T06:57:01ZengElsevierJACC: Case Reports2666-08492020-10-0121219921998Disseminated Actinomycosis Presenting as Chronic Right-Heart Failure Due to Right Ventricular and Pericardial InfiltrationManjappa Mahadevappa, MD, DM0Prashanth Kulkarni, MD, DM1K.S. Poornima, MBBS2Department of Cardiology, JSSMC Hospital, JSSAHER, Mysuru, Karnataka, India; Address for correspondence: Dr. Manjappa Mahadevappa, Department of Cardiology, JSS Medical College Hospital, JSSAHER, Mysuru-570004, Karnataka, India.Department of Cardiology, Care Hospitals, Hitech City, Hyderabad, Telangana State, IndiaDepartment of Cardiology, JSSMC Hospital, JSSAHER, Mysuru, Karnataka, IndiaActinomycosis is an indolent, slowly progressive bacterial infection prevalent in tropical countries, commonly affecting cervicofacial, thoracic, abdominal, or pelvic regions. With early diagnosis and appropriate therapy, the prognosis is excellent. However, late presentation and widespread dissemination can be fatal. This paper reports a rare case of disseminated actinomycosis with fatal cardiac involvement. (Level of Difficulty: Intermediate.)http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666084920308883chronic right heart failuredisseminated actinomycosispericardial infiltrationRV infiltration
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author Manjappa Mahadevappa, MD, DM
Prashanth Kulkarni, MD, DM
K.S. Poornima, MBBS
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Prashanth Kulkarni, MD, DM
K.S. Poornima, MBBS
Disseminated Actinomycosis Presenting as Chronic Right-Heart Failure Due to Right Ventricular and Pericardial Infiltration
JACC: Case Reports
chronic right heart failure
disseminated actinomycosis
pericardial infiltration
RV infiltration
author_facet Manjappa Mahadevappa, MD, DM
Prashanth Kulkarni, MD, DM
K.S. Poornima, MBBS
author_sort Manjappa Mahadevappa, MD, DM
title Disseminated Actinomycosis Presenting as Chronic Right-Heart Failure Due to Right Ventricular and Pericardial Infiltration
title_short Disseminated Actinomycosis Presenting as Chronic Right-Heart Failure Due to Right Ventricular and Pericardial Infiltration
title_full Disseminated Actinomycosis Presenting as Chronic Right-Heart Failure Due to Right Ventricular and Pericardial Infiltration
title_fullStr Disseminated Actinomycosis Presenting as Chronic Right-Heart Failure Due to Right Ventricular and Pericardial Infiltration
title_full_unstemmed Disseminated Actinomycosis Presenting as Chronic Right-Heart Failure Due to Right Ventricular and Pericardial Infiltration
title_sort disseminated actinomycosis presenting as chronic right-heart failure due to right ventricular and pericardial infiltration
publisher Elsevier
series JACC: Case Reports
issn 2666-0849
publishDate 2020-10-01
description Actinomycosis is an indolent, slowly progressive bacterial infection prevalent in tropical countries, commonly affecting cervicofacial, thoracic, abdominal, or pelvic regions. With early diagnosis and appropriate therapy, the prognosis is excellent. However, late presentation and widespread dissemination can be fatal. This paper reports a rare case of disseminated actinomycosis with fatal cardiac involvement. (Level of Difficulty: Intermediate.)
topic chronic right heart failure
disseminated actinomycosis
pericardial infiltration
RV infiltration
url http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666084920308883
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