Intravenous drug abuse contributes to considerable illness burden in developed and developing countries. Tricuspid valve endocarditis (TVE) is rare in Middle East countries, though many reports of it in intravenous drug abusers are found in other countries. We describe a case of TVE mimicking pulmonary tuberculosis in a 33-year-old man with a history of intravenous heroin use.
Keywords: Infective endocarditis; Intravenous Drug Abuse; Right-sided Endocarditis; Septic Pulmonary Emboli; Staphylococcus aureus; Tricuspid valve endocarditis.