A case of Kytococcus schroeteri prosthetic valve endocarditis in a patient with COVID-19 infection

64 years old male presented fever, gastrointestinal symptoms, COVID-19 infection with bioprosthetic mitral in situ, cardio embolic stroke 2 years ago. The 2 D ECHO showed a vegetation indicating infective endocarditis. Three paired blood cultures grew Kytococcus schroeteri. The organism was sensitiv...

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Autores principales: Shah, Sweta, Thakkar, Pooja, Poojary, Sushima, Singhal, Tanu
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Indian Association of Medical Microbiologists. Published by Elsevier B.V. 2023
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9511116/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36175197
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijmmb.2022.09.001
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Sumario:64 years old male presented fever, gastrointestinal symptoms, COVID-19 infection with bioprosthetic mitral in situ, cardio embolic stroke 2 years ago. The 2 D ECHO showed a vegetation indicating infective endocarditis. Three paired blood cultures grew Kytococcus schroeteri. The organism was sensitive to Vancomycin, Teicoplanin, Gentamycin and Linezolid. Patient had multiorgan dysfunction which further deteriorated into failure, disseminated intravascular coagulation resulting into death of the patient.

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