Occult Presentation of Infective Endocarditis in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

Affiliations

¹ Cardiac Surgery, Children's Hospital New Orleans.
² Cardiac Surgery, Children's Hospital New Orleans; Department of Surgery, Louisiana State University Health Sciences.
³ Cardiac Intensive Care Unit, Children's Hospital New Orleans; Department of Pediatrics, Louisiana State University Health Sciences.
⁴ Department of Pediatrics, Louisiana State University Health Sciences.
⁵ Louisiana State University School of Medicine, New Orleans.
⁶ Cardiac Intensive Care Unit, Children's Hospital New Orleans, Department of Pediatrics, Louisiana State University Health Sciences, New Orleans, Louisiana.

Jacquelyn I Dolan et al. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2022.

. 2022 Nov 1;41(11):e500-e501.

doi: 10.1097/INF.0000000000003663. Epub 2022 Aug 2.

¹ Cardiac Surgery, Children's Hospital New Orleans.
² Cardiac Surgery, Children's Hospital New Orleans; Department of Surgery, Louisiana State University Health Sciences.
³ Cardiac Intensive Care Unit, Children's Hospital New Orleans; Department of Pediatrics, Louisiana State University Health Sciences.
⁴ Department of Pediatrics, Louisiana State University Health Sciences.
⁵ Louisiana State University School of Medicine, New Orleans.
⁶ Cardiac Intensive Care Unit, Children's Hospital New Orleans, Department of Pediatrics, Louisiana State University Health Sciences, New Orleans, Louisiana.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors have no funding or conflicts of interest to disclose.

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