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Healthcare-associated infective endocarditis of the pulmonary valve.

ABSTRACT: We report a case of a 66-year-old man with known ischaemic heart disease, diabetes mellitus and stage 4 kidney disease who was admitted to our tertiary centre with shortness of breath and atrial flutter. Transoesophageal echocardiography (TOE) was without suspicion of endocarditis. During hospitalisation, the patient suffered a nosocomial infection in a peripheral vascular catheter caused by Staphylococcus aureus. TOE after positive blood cultures revealed a new vegetation on the pulmonary valve that resolved after antibiotic treatment.

SUBMITTER: Laursen ML 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4386439 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Healthcare-associated infective endocarditis of the pulmonary valve.

Laursen Marie Louise ML   Gill Sabine S   Moller Jacob Eifer JE   Gustavsen Pia Hass PH  

BMJ case reports 20150327

We report a case of a 66-year-old man with known ischaemic heart disease, diabetes mellitus and stage 4 kidney disease who was admitted to our tertiary centre with shortness of breath and atrial flutter. Transoesophageal echocardiography (TOE) was without suspicion of endocarditis. During hospitalisation, the patient suffered a nosocomial infection in a peripheral vascular catheter caused by Staphylococcus aureus. TOE after positive blood cultures revealed a new vegetation on the pulmonary valve  ...[more]

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