Acinetobacter endocarditis: a rare nosocomial infection of native heart valves

Acinetobacter baumannii is an opportunistic bacterial pathogen predominantly associated with hospital-acquired infections. Here we present a case of infective endocarditis of native Mitral and Aorta valves caused by A. baumannii in a 73-year-old man. He underwent surgical excision and Pathologic spe...

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Autores principales: Shokouhi, Shervin, Kamrani, Ghodsieh, Ghasemzadeh, Iman, Baziboroun, Mana
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Tehran University of Medical Sciences 2021
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8629823/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34900171
http://dx.doi.org/10.18502/ijm.v13i5.7441
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author Shokouhi, Shervin
Kamrani, Ghodsieh
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description Acinetobacter baumannii is an opportunistic bacterial pathogen predominantly associated with hospital-acquired infections. Here we present a case of infective endocarditis of native Mitral and Aorta valves caused by A. baumannii in a 73-year-old man. He underwent surgical excision and Pathologic specimen showed A. baumannii growth after 48 hours that was extensively drug-resistant (XDR). He was treated with colistin and tigecycline. Finally, he discharged with no important complication. To our best knowledge, it is the first case of Acinetobacter endocarditis has ever been reported in Iran. Although XDR A. baumannii is a life-threatening pathogen, proper and timely treatment can be life-saving.
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spelling pubmed-86298232021-12-10 Acinetobacter endocarditis: a rare nosocomial infection of native heart valves Shokouhi, Shervin Kamrani, Ghodsieh Ghasemzadeh, Iman Baziboroun, Mana Iran J Microbiol Case Report Acinetobacter baumannii is an opportunistic bacterial pathogen predominantly associated with hospital-acquired infections. Here we present a case of infective endocarditis of native Mitral and Aorta valves caused by A. baumannii in a 73-year-old man. He underwent surgical excision and Pathologic specimen showed A. baumannii growth after 48 hours that was extensively drug-resistant (XDR). He was treated with colistin and tigecycline. Finally, he discharged with no important complication. To our best knowledge, it is the first case of Acinetobacter endocarditis has ever been reported in Iran. Although XDR A. baumannii is a life-threatening pathogen, proper and timely treatment can be life-saving. Tehran University of Medical Sciences 2021-10 /pmc/articles/PMC8629823/ /pubmed/34900171 http://dx.doi.org/10.18502/ijm.v13i5.7441 Text en Copyright © 2021 The Authors. Published by Tehran University of Medical Sciences https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/). Non-commercial uses of the work are permitted, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title_fullStr Acinetobacter endocarditis: a rare nosocomial infection of native heart valves
title_full_unstemmed Acinetobacter endocarditis: a rare nosocomial infection of native heart valves
title_short Acinetobacter endocarditis: a rare nosocomial infection of native heart valves
title_sort acinetobacter endocarditis: a rare nosocomial infection of native heart valves
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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34900171
http://dx.doi.org/10.18502/ijm.v13i5.7441
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