A Case of Polymicrobial, Gram-Negative Pulmonic Valve Endocarditis

Autor: Bekker, Tatiana, Govind, Anusha, Weber, Devin M.
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2019
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Zdroj: Case Reports in Infectious Diseases.
ISSN: 2090-6625
DOI: 10.1155/2019/6439390
Popis: Infective endocarditis due to Gram-negative, non-HACEK bacteria is a rare clinical entity. Even moreso, isolated pulmonic valve endocarditis accounts for less than 1.5–2% of all cases of infective endocarditis. These disease pathologies commonly occur in the setting of intravenous drug abuse, indwelling catheters or cardiac devices, or underlying structural heart disease. We present a unique case of pulmonic valve endocarditis in the setting of persistent polymicrobial bacteremia with Klebsiella pneumoniae and Citrobacter koseri with recent gastrointestinal instrumentation evolving into isolated pulmonic valve endocarditis.
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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