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Endocarditis with Streptococcus pseudoporcinus Associated with Mastocytosis and Spondylodiscitis—A Coincidental Association? A Case Report
Streptococcus pseudoporcinus is a nonmotile Gram-positive, catalase, and benzidine negative, arranged in short chains, isolated from the genitourinary tract group B Streptococcus. S. pseudoporcinus was also identified from blood, urine, skin, cervical area, wounds, rectum, and placenta samples. Two...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10220894/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37235295 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/tropicalmed8050247 |
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author | Birlutiu, Victoria Birlutiu, Rares-Mircea Teodoru, Minodora Catana, Alina Camelia Stoica, Cristian Ioan |
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description | Streptococcus pseudoporcinus is a nonmotile Gram-positive, catalase, and benzidine negative, arranged in short chains, isolated from the genitourinary tract group B Streptococcus. S. pseudoporcinus was also identified from blood, urine, skin, cervical area, wounds, rectum, and placenta samples. Two cases of infective endocarditis have been reported in the literature. Based on these data, the identification of a case of S. pseudoporcinus infective endocarditis associated with spondylodiscitis in a patient with undiagnosed systemic mastocytosis until the age of 63 years is unusual. Two sets of blood specimens were collected, and both sets were positive for S. pseudoporcinus. Transesophageal echocardiography revealed, multiple vegetations on the mitral valve. A lumbar spine MRI revealed L5-S1 spondylodiscitis that associates prevertebral and right paramedian epidural abscesses with compressive stenosis. The performed bone marrow biopsy, and cellularity examination revealed 5–10% mast cells in the areas of medullary tissue, an aspect that is suggestive of mastocytosis. Antibiotic therapy was initiated, under which the patient presented intermittent fever. A second transesophageal echocardiography revealed a mitral valve abscess. A mitral valve replacement with a mechanical heart valve device through a minimally invasive approach was performed, with a favorable evolution under treatment. S. pseudoporcinus can be responsible for infectious endocarditis in certain immunodepressed cases, but also in a profibrotic, proatherogenic field, as shown by the association with mastocytosis in the presented case. |
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spelling | pubmed-102208942023-05-28 Endocarditis with Streptococcus pseudoporcinus Associated with Mastocytosis and Spondylodiscitis—A Coincidental Association? A Case Report Birlutiu, Victoria Birlutiu, Rares-Mircea Teodoru, Minodora Catana, Alina Camelia Stoica, Cristian Ioan Trop Med Infect Dis Case Report Streptococcus pseudoporcinus is a nonmotile Gram-positive, catalase, and benzidine negative, arranged in short chains, isolated from the genitourinary tract group B Streptococcus. S. pseudoporcinus was also identified from blood, urine, skin, cervical area, wounds, rectum, and placenta samples. Two cases of infective endocarditis have been reported in the literature. Based on these data, the identification of a case of S. pseudoporcinus infective endocarditis associated with spondylodiscitis in a patient with undiagnosed systemic mastocytosis until the age of 63 years is unusual. Two sets of blood specimens were collected, and both sets were positive for S. pseudoporcinus. Transesophageal echocardiography revealed, multiple vegetations on the mitral valve. A lumbar spine MRI revealed L5-S1 spondylodiscitis that associates prevertebral and right paramedian epidural abscesses with compressive stenosis. The performed bone marrow biopsy, and cellularity examination revealed 5–10% mast cells in the areas of medullary tissue, an aspect that is suggestive of mastocytosis. Antibiotic therapy was initiated, under which the patient presented intermittent fever. A second transesophageal echocardiography revealed a mitral valve abscess. A mitral valve replacement with a mechanical heart valve device through a minimally invasive approach was performed, with a favorable evolution under treatment. S. pseudoporcinus can be responsible for infectious endocarditis in certain immunodepressed cases, but also in a profibrotic, proatherogenic field, as shown by the association with mastocytosis in the presented case. MDPI 2023-04-25 /pmc/articles/PMC10220894/ /pubmed/37235295 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/tropicalmed8050247 Text en © 2023 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Case Report Birlutiu, Victoria Birlutiu, Rares-Mircea Teodoru, Minodora Catana, Alina Camelia Stoica, Cristian Ioan Endocarditis with Streptococcus pseudoporcinus Associated with Mastocytosis and Spondylodiscitis—A Coincidental Association? A Case Report |
title | Endocarditis with Streptococcus pseudoporcinus Associated with Mastocytosis and Spondylodiscitis—A Coincidental Association? A Case Report |
title_full | Endocarditis with Streptococcus pseudoporcinus Associated with Mastocytosis and Spondylodiscitis—A Coincidental Association? A Case Report |
title_fullStr | Endocarditis with Streptococcus pseudoporcinus Associated with Mastocytosis and Spondylodiscitis—A Coincidental Association? A Case Report |
title_full_unstemmed | Endocarditis with Streptococcus pseudoporcinus Associated with Mastocytosis and Spondylodiscitis—A Coincidental Association? A Case Report |
title_short | Endocarditis with Streptococcus pseudoporcinus Associated with Mastocytosis and Spondylodiscitis—A Coincidental Association? A Case Report |
title_sort | endocarditis with streptococcus pseudoporcinus associated with mastocytosis and spondylodiscitis—a coincidental association? a case report |
topic | Case Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10220894/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37235295 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/tropicalmed8050247 |
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