Pulmonic valve infective endocarditis from staph lugdunensis
| Autor: | Javad Savoj, Teddy Truc, Mimi Biswas, Amin Sabet, Syed Iftikhar, Vinh Luu |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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lcsh:RC705-779
Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine medicine.medical_specialty Atypical manifestations biology business.industry Rare entity Case Report lcsh:Diseases of the respiratory system Staphylococcus lugdunensis medicine.disease biology.organism_classification Dermatology Pulmonic valve endocarditis 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine 030228 respiratory system 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis Infective endocarditis medicine Endocarditis Disease process business |
| Zdroj: | Respiratory Medicine Case Reports Respiratory Medicine Case Reports, Vol 28, Iss, Pp-(2019) |
| ISSN: | 2213-0071 |
| Popis: | Pulmonic valve endocarditis is an extremely rare entity. Only 1.1% of all cases of all infective endocarditis affect the pulmonic valve. Furthermore, it is even more uncommon for such a disease process to occur in a young and healthy individual without risk factors. It takes a unique case of circumstances to have pulmonic valve infective endocarditis to occur. Staph lugdunensis is one uncommonly isolated organism that has the ability to cause infective endocarditis in various atypical manifestations. Here we describe a case of a 20-year-old male who did not possess any of the common risk factors of infective endocarditis, who developed isolated pulmonic valve endocarditis caused by Staphylococcus lugdunensis (S. lugdunensis). Based upon our literature review, only 1 other case of S. lugdunensis endocarditis affective the pulmonic valve has been reported. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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