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Sweet's syndrome in a patient with infective endocarditis: A rare clinical entity
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Sweet's syndrome in a patient with infective endocarditis: A rare clinical entity

Hemanta K. Nayak, Deepak Rajkumar Vangipuram, Suresh Kumar, Premashish Kar, Ankit Gupta, Neha Kapoor and Ujjwal Sonika
BMJ case reports, Vol.2012, bcr1220115398
2012
DOI: 10.1136/bcr.12.2011.5398
PMCID: PMC3316874
PMID: 22605716
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https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3316874/View
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Abstract

Sweet’s syndrome, also known as acute febrile neutrophilic dermatosis, has been associated with malignancy, autoimmune disease and collagen vascular disease. The association of infective endocarditis and Sweet’s syndrome is rare. The authors report a case of Sweet’s syndrome in a patient with infective endocarditis. Infective endocarditis should be excluded in patients of rheumatic heart disease presenting with Sweet’s syndrome. Alternatively, Sweet’s syndrome should be considered as a differential diagnosis when a patient with infective endocarditis develops skin lesions.

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