Q-fever prosthetic valve endocarditis in a patient with SLE and antiphospholipid antibody syndrome

• Main Authors: Mayyadah H. Alabdely (Author), Noha Mukhtar (Author), Ahmad Alshaikh (Author), Magid Halim (Author), Shmayel Mohammed (Author), Claudio Pragliola (Author), Ali S. Omrani (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2020-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Q fever prosthetic valve endocarditis in association with antiphospholipid antibody syndrome (APS) in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) has not been previously reported. Here, we report a 22-year-old Saudi female diagnosed with SLE and APS. She had mitral valve replacement with bio-prosthesis five...