raremaprare-disease reference indexOrphadata 2026-06-23 · HPO 2026-09-01
ORPHA:570762

Infective endocarditis

Synonyms: Infectious endocarditis

Type
Disease
Group
Disorder
Inheritance
Not applicable
Age of onset
All ages
Status
active

A rare infectious disease characterized by inflammation of the endocardium (including native or prosthetic heart valves and indwelling cardiac devices) mainly caused by bacterial (predominantly Staphylococcus and Streptococcus species) or rarely fungal (predominantly Candida and Aspergillus species) infections that the latter are reported to be associated with high morbidity and mortality. Major clinical features include high fever or prolonged subfebrile state, chills, diaphoresis, malaise, asthenia, arthralgia, myalgia, weight loss, headache, nausea, dyspnea, cough, heart murmurs, and petechiae of the skin. The most common complications are embolism in different organs and ischemic stroke, sepsis, heart failure, and renal failure.

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Names in Orphadata languages

12 of 12 languages
LangNameSynonyms
enInfective endocarditisInfectious endocarditis
frEndocardite infectieuse
deEndokarditis, infektiöse
esEndocarditis infecciosa
itEndocardite infettivaEndocardite infettiva
nlInfectieuze endocarditis
ptEndocardite infeciosa
plZapalenia wsierdzia infekcyjneZapalenie wsierdzia bakteryjne
csInfekční endokarditida= en
ukІнфекційний ендокардитБактеріальний ендокардит · Інфекційний ендокардит
zh感染性心内膜炎= en
trEnfektif endokarditBakteriyel endokardit · Enfektif endokardit

Definition in:

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Cross-references

qualifier = Orphanet mapping relation
SourceCodeQualifierICD relationValidation
ICD-10I33.0NTBTinclusionvalidated
ICD-11BB40Especificvalidated
MONDO0000565Evalidated
UMLSC1541923Evalidated
GARD6337Evalidated
MedDRA10014678Evalidated

E exact · NTBT this ORPHAcode is narrower than the target · BTNT broader than the target · ND not decided.

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Classification

Preferential parent (Orphanet linearisation):

Parents in the classifications (3):

No children.

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Genes

0 direct

Orphanet records no gene directly on this code.

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Prevalence and incidence

4 records
TypeClassValueAreaQualificationValidationSource
Point prevalenceUnknown—EuropeClass onlyValidatedORPHANET
Annual incidence1-9 / 100 0003.38 / 100 000FranceValue and classValidated22492317[PMID]
Annual incidence1-9 / 100 0001.8 / 100 000DenmarkValue and classValidated3433553[PMID]
Annual incidence1-9 / 100 000—EuropeClass onlyValidatedORPHANET_25432123[PMID]

Value is Orphadata's ValMoy: the mean estimate per 100 000 for prevalence and incidence, the number of cases or families for case reports.

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HPO phenotypes

Orphanet has no HPO annotation for this code in this release.

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Sources for this card