15 December 2020
: Case report
Coxiella burnetii Endocarditis in a Patient with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: A Case Report of a Diagnostic Challenge
Mistake in diagnosis, Diagnostic / therapeutic accidents, Rare coexistence of disease or pathology
Ahmed Alqallaf1AB*, Abdulmohsen Alhashim2D, Mohammad Alajmi3BF, Ameerah Alsaqobi4E, Wasl Al-Adsani4EFDOI: 10.12659/AJCR.926699
Am J Case Rep 2020; 21:e926699
Figure 3. Preoperative transesophageal echocardiogram (TEE) of a 43-year-old man with a history of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) who presented with endocarditis associated with Q fever due to infection with Coxiella burnetii. The image, which shows a mass on the repaired tricuspid valve, was taken in 2018.