Enterococcus durans prosthetic valve endocarditis: a previously unreported clinical entity

Title: Enterococcus durans prosthetic valve endocarditis: a previously unreported clinical entity
Creator: Zala, Alkesh; Collins, Nicholas
Relation: Heart, Lung and Circulation Vol. 25, Issue 10, p. e133-e136
Publisher Link: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.hlc.2016.01.010
Publisher: Elsevier
Resource Type: journal article
Date: 2016
Description: Infective endocarditis (IE) remains an important clinical entity associated with significant morbidity despite appropriate antibiotic and surgical therapy. Enterococcus durans (E.durans) is an extremely uncommon pathogen in IE with only few cases of native valve IE due to this organism reported in the literature. Prosthetic valve IE has not been previously decribed as complicating E.durans infection with the natural history and response to therapy unclear. Endocarditis with the more commonly recognised forms of enterococci are typically less aggressive with a low incidence of embolisation and tend to respond to antibiotic therapy. We report a case of E.durans endocarditis involving a bioprosthetic aortic valve resulting in embolic complications, progressive valve dysfunction requiring surgical intervention and early recurrence after valve replacement.
Subject: endocarditis; enterococci; aortic stenosis; cardiac surgery
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1346364
Identifier: uon:29849
Identifier: ISSN:1443-9506
Language: eng
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