Splenic infarction and infectious diseases in Korea
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RESEARCH ARTICLE
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Splenic infarction and infectious diseases in Korea Jae Hyoung Im1, Moon-Hyun Chung2, Hye-Jin Lee3, Hea Yoon Kwon1, Ji Hyeon Baek1, Ji-Hun Jang4*† and Jin-Soo Lee1*†
Abstract Background: The spleen contains immune cells and exhibits a pattern of infarction different from other organs; as such, splenic infarction (SI) may provide important clues to infection. However, the nature of the relationship between SI and infectious disease(s) is not well understood. Accordingly, this retrospective study investigated the relationship between SI and infection. Methods: Hospital records of patients with SI, who visited Inha University Hospital (Incheon, Republic of Korea) between January 2008 and December 2018, were reviewed. Patient data regarding clinical presentation, causative pathogens, risk factors, and radiological findings were collected and analyzed. Results: Of 353 patients with SI, 101 with infectious conditions were enrolled in this study, and their data were analyzed to identify associations between SI and infection. Ten patients were diagnosed with infective endocarditis (IE), and 26 exhibited bacteremia without IE. Twenty-seven patients experienced systemic infection due to miscellaneous causes (negative result on conventional automated blood culture), including the following intracellular organisms: parasites (malaria [n = 12], babesiosis [n = 1]); bacteria (scrub typhus [n = 5]); viruses (Epstein– Barr [n = 1], cytomegalovirus [n = 1]); and unidentified pathogen[s] (n = 7). Splenomegaly was more common among patients with miscellaneous systemic infection; infarction involving other organs was rare. Thirty-eight patients had localized infections (e.g., respiratory, intra-abdominal, or skin and soft tissue infection), and most (35 of 38) had other risk factors for SI. Conclusions: In this study, various infectious conditions were found to be associated with SI, and intracellular organisms were the most common causative pathogens. Further studies are needed to examine other possible etiologies and the underlying pathophysiological mechanisms. Keywords: Etiology, Infection, Infectious endocarditis, Splenic infarction, Intracellular organisms
* Correspondence: [email protected]; [email protected] † Ji-Hun Jang and Jin-Soo Lee contributed equally to this work. 4 Department of Hospital Medicine, Inha University School of Medicine, Incheon 22212, Republic of Korea 1 Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Inha University School of Medicine, Incheon 22212, Republic of Korea Full list of author information is available at the end of the article © The Author(s). 2020 Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material
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