Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has emerged as a pandemic and public health crisis across the world. The severity of this situation is escalating in certain populations, particularly when the COVID-19 diagnosis may delay the recognition of more dramatic illnesses such as infective endocarditis, which is a dreaded complication in patients with cardiac disease. We report the case of two patients who presented with infective endocarditis initially mistaken for COVID-19 pneumonia, which was responsible for a delay in diagnosis. We discuss the diagnostic difficulties as well as the management of this complication in the COVID-19 era. As a physician, one must remain alert to this dreaded complication, especially in patients with a cardiac history, in order to prevent it, detect it early, and manage it in time.
【저자키워드】 COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2, Case report, heart failure, Infective endocarditis, 【초록키워드】 coronavirus disease, Coronavirus disease 2019, COVID-19 pneumonia, pandemic, Pneumonia, severity, diagnostic, Diagnosis, public health crisis, Health crisis, management, Patient, COVID-19 diagnosis, Infective endocarditis, cardiac disease, Endocarditis, Recognition, two patients, physician, infective, populations, Prevent, responsible, detect, illness, 【제목키워드】 Infective endocarditis,