A case series of skin manifestations of infective endocarditis in contemporary era: Just another book finding or a useful clinical sign?

Infective endocarditis (IE) is a disease of high morbidity and mortality. Infective endocarditis rarely involves skin manifestations in the contemporary era. The identification of typical skin lesions could be helpful in establishing early diagnosis of IE.We present four cases of IE hospitalized in our institution within a 12-month period. All patients were young and had skin manifestations on initial presentation (petechiae, splinter...