Rare Proteus mirabilis Aortic Valve Infective Endocarditis without a Urinary Tract Infection
Proteus mirabilis infective endocarditis is a rare disease with only 17 reported cases. It is typically associated with urinary tract infections (UTIs), staghorn calculi, and/or asymptomatic bacteriuria. We present a case of a 73-year-old male who presented with positive blood cultures for Proteus m...
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| description | Proteus mirabilis infective endocarditis is a rare disease with only 17 reported cases. It is typically associated with urinary tract infections (UTIs), staghorn calculi, and/or asymptomatic bacteriuria. We present a case of a 73-year-old male who presented with positive blood cultures for Proteus mirabilis but with a negative urinalysis and urine culture. He presented with acute renal failure and required hemodialysis. TTE was remarkable for a 30% ejection fraction, and no vegetations were visualized. TEE demonstrated a small vegetation on the left aortic valve. The initial urine culture remained negative throughout his hospitalization. He was treated with IV antibiotics and discharged without hemodialysis. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-edb86a3c8e7240cda7d8dd89d434adcd2025-08-20T03:20:43ZengWileyCase Reports in Infectious Diseases2090-66332022-01-01202210.1155/2022/7569148Rare Proteus mirabilis Aortic Valve Infective Endocarditis without a Urinary Tract InfectionSarah Gorn0Nicholas Talley1Austin Mitchell2Alejandro Pineda3Midwestern UniversityMidwestern UniversityMidwestern UniversityMidwestern UniversityProteus mirabilis infective endocarditis is a rare disease with only 17 reported cases. It is typically associated with urinary tract infections (UTIs), staghorn calculi, and/or asymptomatic bacteriuria. We present a case of a 73-year-old male who presented with positive blood cultures for Proteus mirabilis but with a negative urinalysis and urine culture. He presented with acute renal failure and required hemodialysis. TTE was remarkable for a 30% ejection fraction, and no vegetations were visualized. TEE demonstrated a small vegetation on the left aortic valve. The initial urine culture remained negative throughout his hospitalization. He was treated with IV antibiotics and discharged without hemodialysis.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2022/7569148 |
| spellingShingle | Sarah Gorn Nicholas Talley Austin Mitchell Alejandro Pineda Rare Proteus mirabilis Aortic Valve Infective Endocarditis without a Urinary Tract Infection Case Reports in Infectious Diseases |
| title | Rare Proteus mirabilis Aortic Valve Infective Endocarditis without a Urinary Tract Infection |
| title_full | Rare Proteus mirabilis Aortic Valve Infective Endocarditis without a Urinary Tract Infection |
| title_fullStr | Rare Proteus mirabilis Aortic Valve Infective Endocarditis without a Urinary Tract Infection |
| title_full_unstemmed | Rare Proteus mirabilis Aortic Valve Infective Endocarditis without a Urinary Tract Infection |
| title_short | Rare Proteus mirabilis Aortic Valve Infective Endocarditis without a Urinary Tract Infection |
| title_sort | rare proteus mirabilis aortic valve infective endocarditis without a urinary tract infection |
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