Non-Bacterial Thrombotic Endocarditis: A Case of Metastatic Pancreatic Cancer Masquerading as Infective Endocarditis.

This case illustrates a rare, underdiagnosed disease, with a high mortality rate that is frequently misdiagnosed as acute bacterial endocarditis. Clinicians should include non-bacterial thrombotic endocarditis (NBTE) as a differential diagnosis in patients with culture-negative endocarditis, so that its underlying etiology can be further investigated.

Case report on pulmonary disease due to coinfection of and : Difficulty in diagnosis.

, which is ubiquitous environmental organism, is more likely to cause pulmonary infection in the presence underlying lung disease and immunosuppression. We report a case of pulmonary disease due to coinfection of (MTB) and in an immunocompetent patient without underlying lung disease. Healthcare professionals should be aware of co-infection with MTB , and treatment should be based on clinical suspicion and/or epidemiological circumstances.

endocarditis with destruction of the ventricular septum and multiple native valves.

is a coagulase negative staphylococcus (CoNS) that can cause destructive infective endocarditis. , unlike other CoNS, should be considered to be a pathogen. We report the first case of endocarditis causing ventricular septal defect and destruction of the aortic and mitral valves.

Artesunate-related fever and delayed hemolysis in a returning traveler.

Malaria is a serious and sometimes fatal disease caused by an intraerythrocytic parasite, and is commonly seen in developing countries. Approximately 1500 cases of malaria are diagnosed in the United States each year, mostly in travelers and immigrants returning from endemic areas [1]. There are many different regimens used to treat malaria, some of which are not approved in the USA.