A Case of Polymicrobial, Gram-Negative Pulmonic Valve Endocarditis

Infective endocarditis due to Gram-negative, non-HACEK bacteria is a rare clinical entity. Even moreso, isolated pulmonic valve endocarditis accounts for less than 1.5–2% of all cases of infective endocarditis. These disease pathologies commonly occur in the setting of intravenous drug abuse, indwel...

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Main Authors: Tatiana Bekker, Anusha Govind, Devin M. Weber
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Language:English
Published: Wiley 2019-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Infectious Diseases
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/6439390
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description Infective endocarditis due to Gram-negative, non-HACEK bacteria is a rare clinical entity. Even moreso, isolated pulmonic valve endocarditis accounts for less than 1.5–2% of all cases of infective endocarditis. These disease pathologies commonly occur in the setting of intravenous drug abuse, indwelling catheters or cardiac devices, or underlying structural heart disease. We present a unique case of pulmonic valve endocarditis in the setting of persistent polymicrobial bacteremia with Klebsiella pneumoniae and Citrobacter koseri with recent gastrointestinal instrumentation evolving into isolated pulmonic valve endocarditis.
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spelling doaj-art-22f1ca2686084171b7bc9e509ecce8142025-08-20T02:04:34ZengWileyCase Reports in Infectious Diseases2090-66252090-66332019-01-01201910.1155/2019/64393906439390A Case of Polymicrobial, Gram-Negative Pulmonic Valve EndocarditisTatiana Bekker0Anusha Govind1Devin M. Weber2Department of Medicine, Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, USADepartment of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, USADepartment of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, USAInfective endocarditis due to Gram-negative, non-HACEK bacteria is a rare clinical entity. Even moreso, isolated pulmonic valve endocarditis accounts for less than 1.5–2% of all cases of infective endocarditis. These disease pathologies commonly occur in the setting of intravenous drug abuse, indwelling catheters or cardiac devices, or underlying structural heart disease. We present a unique case of pulmonic valve endocarditis in the setting of persistent polymicrobial bacteremia with Klebsiella pneumoniae and Citrobacter koseri with recent gastrointestinal instrumentation evolving into isolated pulmonic valve endocarditis.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/6439390
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