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Tricuspid valve endocarditis complicated by Mobitz type II heart block – a case report and literature review
We present a case of a middle-aged male who manifested with low-grade fever and lower back pain. MRI and bone scan of the spine were suggestive of vertebral osteomyelitis. Blood cultures were persistently positive for Enterococcus faecalis and echocardiogram revealed tricuspid valve endocarditis. Th...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4677589/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26653699 http://dx.doi.org/10.3402/jchimp.v5.29689 |
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author | Agu, Chidozie Charles Salhan, Divya Bakhit, Ahmed Basheer, Hiba Basunia, Md Bhattarai, Bikash Oke, Vikram Schmidt, Marie Frances Dufresne, Alix |
author_facet | Agu, Chidozie Charles Salhan, Divya Bakhit, Ahmed Basheer, Hiba Basunia, Md Bhattarai, Bikash Oke, Vikram Schmidt, Marie Frances Dufresne, Alix |
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description | We present a case of a middle-aged male who manifested with low-grade fever and lower back pain. MRI and bone scan of the spine were suggestive of vertebral osteomyelitis. Blood cultures were persistently positive for Enterococcus faecalis and echocardiogram revealed tricuspid valve endocarditis. There was no history of IV drug use and urine toxicology was negative. EKG showed Mobitz type II AV block and a transesophageal echocardiogram revealed no valve ring or septal abscesses. The heart block persisted despite antibiotic therapy and an epicardial pacemaker was placed. This is a rare presentation of high-grade AV block with tricuspid endocarditis in the absence of echocardiographic evidence of perivalvular extension of infection. Also, unique in this case is the finding of E. faecalis hematogenous vertebral osteomyelitis. |
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spelling | pubmed-46775892016-01-05 Tricuspid valve endocarditis complicated by Mobitz type II heart block – a case report and literature review Agu, Chidozie Charles Salhan, Divya Bakhit, Ahmed Basheer, Hiba Basunia, Md Bhattarai, Bikash Oke, Vikram Schmidt, Marie Frances Dufresne, Alix J Community Hosp Intern Med Perspect Case Report We present a case of a middle-aged male who manifested with low-grade fever and lower back pain. MRI and bone scan of the spine were suggestive of vertebral osteomyelitis. Blood cultures were persistently positive for Enterococcus faecalis and echocardiogram revealed tricuspid valve endocarditis. There was no history of IV drug use and urine toxicology was negative. EKG showed Mobitz type II AV block and a transesophageal echocardiogram revealed no valve ring or septal abscesses. The heart block persisted despite antibiotic therapy and an epicardial pacemaker was placed. This is a rare presentation of high-grade AV block with tricuspid endocarditis in the absence of echocardiographic evidence of perivalvular extension of infection. Also, unique in this case is the finding of E. faecalis hematogenous vertebral osteomyelitis. Co-Action Publishing 2015-12-11 /pmc/articles/PMC4677589/ /pubmed/26653699 http://dx.doi.org/10.3402/jchimp.v5.29689 Text en © 2015 Chidozie Charles Agu et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License, permitting all non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Case Report Agu, Chidozie Charles Salhan, Divya Bakhit, Ahmed Basheer, Hiba Basunia, Md Bhattarai, Bikash Oke, Vikram Schmidt, Marie Frances Dufresne, Alix Tricuspid valve endocarditis complicated by Mobitz type II heart block – a case report and literature review |
title | Tricuspid valve endocarditis complicated by Mobitz type II heart block – a case report and literature review |
title_full | Tricuspid valve endocarditis complicated by Mobitz type II heart block – a case report and literature review |
title_fullStr | Tricuspid valve endocarditis complicated by Mobitz type II heart block – a case report and literature review |
title_full_unstemmed | Tricuspid valve endocarditis complicated by Mobitz type II heart block – a case report and literature review |
title_short | Tricuspid valve endocarditis complicated by Mobitz type II heart block – a case report and literature review |
title_sort | tricuspid valve endocarditis complicated by mobitz type ii heart block – a case report and literature review |
topic | Case Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4677589/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26653699 http://dx.doi.org/10.3402/jchimp.v5.29689 |
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