Cargando…

Late Prosthetic Valve Infective Endocarditis by Enterococcus durans

Enterococcus durans is an extremely rare cause of infective endocarditis. We have reported the first case where a 56-year-old female presented with late prosthetic valve infective endocarditis on a mechanical mitral valve. Medical management failed and eventually lead to the demise of the patient.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Al Shehri, Mohammed, Zarak, Muhammad Samsoor, Sarwari, Arif R
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2020
Materias:
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7733431/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33343168
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jgid.jgid_99_19
_version_ 1783622269555179520
author Al Shehri, Mohammed
Zarak, Muhammad Samsoor
Sarwari, Arif R
author_facet Al Shehri, Mohammed
Zarak, Muhammad Samsoor
Sarwari, Arif R
author_sort Al Shehri, Mohammed
collection PubMed
description Enterococcus durans is an extremely rare cause of infective endocarditis. We have reported the first case where a 56-year-old female presented with late prosthetic valve infective endocarditis on a mechanical mitral valve. Medical management failed and eventually lead to the demise of the patient.
format Online
Article
Text
id pubmed-7733431
institution National Center for Biotechnology Information
language English
publishDate 2020
publisher Wolters Kluwer - Medknow
record_format MEDLINE/PubMed
spelling pubmed-77334312020-12-18 Late Prosthetic Valve Infective Endocarditis by Enterococcus durans Al Shehri, Mohammed Zarak, Muhammad Samsoor Sarwari, Arif R J Glob Infect Dis Case Report Enterococcus durans is an extremely rare cause of infective endocarditis. We have reported the first case where a 56-year-old female presented with late prosthetic valve infective endocarditis on a mechanical mitral valve. Medical management failed and eventually lead to the demise of the patient. Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2020-08-29 /pmc/articles/PMC7733431/ /pubmed/33343168 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jgid.jgid_99_19 Text en Copyright: © 2020 Journal of Global Infectious Diseases http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0 This is an open access journal, and articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as appropriate credit is given and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
spellingShingle Case Report
Al Shehri, Mohammed
Zarak, Muhammad Samsoor
Sarwari, Arif R
Late Prosthetic Valve Infective Endocarditis by Enterococcus durans
title Late Prosthetic Valve Infective Endocarditis by Enterococcus durans
title_full Late Prosthetic Valve Infective Endocarditis by Enterococcus durans
title_fullStr Late Prosthetic Valve Infective Endocarditis by Enterococcus durans
title_full_unstemmed Late Prosthetic Valve Infective Endocarditis by Enterococcus durans
title_short Late Prosthetic Valve Infective Endocarditis by Enterococcus durans
title_sort late prosthetic valve infective endocarditis by enterococcus durans
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7733431/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33343168
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jgid.jgid_99_19
work_keys_str_mv AT alshehrimohammed lateprostheticvalveinfectiveendocarditisbyenterococcusdurans
AT zarakmuhammadsamsoor lateprostheticvalveinfectiveendocarditisbyenterococcusdurans
AT sarwariarifr lateprostheticvalveinfectiveendocarditisbyenterococcusdurans