Mixed connective tissue disease

Mixed connective tissue disease (MCTD) is a rare connective tissue disorder combining clinical features of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), systemic sclerosis (SSc), polymyositis (PM) (see these terms) and/or rheumatoid arthritis (RA).

Endocarditis

An inflammation of the endocardium, the inner layer of the heart, which usually involves the heart valves.


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PMID (PMCID)
8645793
 FEMALE Middle Aged
Meningococcal endocarditis presenting as cellulitis.
Lin VH, Parekh RS, McQuillan MA, Braun DK, Markovitz DM.
Clin Infect Dis. 1995;21(4):1023-5.
We report the case of a patient with mixed connective tissue disease who presented with two very unusual manifestations of meningococcal disease, cellulitis and endocarditis, concurrently.
7192491
 FEMALE Middle Aged
Disseminated Petriellidium boydii and pacemaker endocarditis.
Davis WA, Isner JM, Bracey AW, Roberts WC, Garagusi VF.
Am J Med. 1980;69(6):929-32.
Clinical and morphologic findings are described in a 62 year old woman with "mixed connective tissue disease" who received corticosteroid therapy, and in whom disseminated and fatal Petriellidium boydii infection with right-sided endocarditis developed.