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An Interesting Case of Serratia Endocarditis in a Patient With Chronic Myeloid Leukemia
Serratia is a rare cause of infective endocarditis (IE) and usually occurs in patients with underlying risk factors, such as intravenous (IV) drug use, and human immunodeficiency virus patients. Gram-negative bacteria endocarditis is associated with high mortality when it involves the left side of t...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8841042/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35174033 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.21238 |
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author | Singh, Annapoorna Tappeta, Kathyayini Chellapuram, Nikitha Singh, Daulath |
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description | Serratia is a rare cause of infective endocarditis (IE) and usually occurs in patients with underlying risk factors, such as intravenous (IV) drug use, and human immunodeficiency virus patients. Gram-negative bacteria endocarditis is associated with high mortality when it involves the left side of the heart and often requires surgical intervention in addition to medical treatment. Although most gram-negative endocarditis cases are hospital-acquired, community cases have also been reported. Here, we present a case of Serratia endocarditis in an individual who was later diagnosed with chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) during the same hospitalization. The patient was treated with IV meropenem and started on targeted therapy for CML. CML is presumed to have likely predisposed the patient to bacteremia and IE. |
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spelling | pubmed-88410422022-02-15 An Interesting Case of Serratia Endocarditis in a Patient With Chronic Myeloid Leukemia Singh, Annapoorna Tappeta, Kathyayini Chellapuram, Nikitha Singh, Daulath Cureus Cardiology Serratia is a rare cause of infective endocarditis (IE) and usually occurs in patients with underlying risk factors, such as intravenous (IV) drug use, and human immunodeficiency virus patients. Gram-negative bacteria endocarditis is associated with high mortality when it involves the left side of the heart and often requires surgical intervention in addition to medical treatment. Although most gram-negative endocarditis cases are hospital-acquired, community cases have also been reported. Here, we present a case of Serratia endocarditis in an individual who was later diagnosed with chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) during the same hospitalization. The patient was treated with IV meropenem and started on targeted therapy for CML. CML is presumed to have likely predisposed the patient to bacteremia and IE. Cureus 2022-01-14 /pmc/articles/PMC8841042/ /pubmed/35174033 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.21238 Text en Copyright © 2022, Singh et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Cardiology Singh, Annapoorna Tappeta, Kathyayini Chellapuram, Nikitha Singh, Daulath An Interesting Case of Serratia Endocarditis in a Patient With Chronic Myeloid Leukemia |
title | An Interesting Case of Serratia Endocarditis in a Patient With Chronic Myeloid Leukemia |
title_full | An Interesting Case of Serratia Endocarditis in a Patient With Chronic Myeloid Leukemia |
title_fullStr | An Interesting Case of Serratia Endocarditis in a Patient With Chronic Myeloid Leukemia |
title_full_unstemmed | An Interesting Case of Serratia Endocarditis in a Patient With Chronic Myeloid Leukemia |
title_short | An Interesting Case of Serratia Endocarditis in a Patient With Chronic Myeloid Leukemia |
title_sort | interesting case of serratia endocarditis in a patient with chronic myeloid leukemia |
topic | Cardiology |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8841042/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35174033 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.21238 |
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