Infective Endocarditis Secondary to Mycoplasma pneumoniae

Confirmed Mycoplasma pneumoniae Endocarditis

To the Editor: In Rosario, Ar-gentina, during June 2005, a 15-year-old boy was hospitalized because of a 2-month history of fever. The patient had no history of cardiac disease or intravenous drug use. The results of the physical examination and the laboratory tests were within normal limits, except for an increased leukocyte count (14,000/μL) with 68% neutrophils. Transesophagic echocardiogra-...

Mycoplasma pneumoniae endocarditis.

INFECTIVE ENDOCARDITIS IN CHILDREN

A total of 14 cases of infective endocarditis (IE) in children aged 6 months to 10 years were seen from December 1987 to December 1992 at the pediatric unit of Ayatollah Taleghani Medical Center. The majority of patients (12 of 14) were between 5 and 10 years of age. Acyanotic congenital heart disease was known to preexist in 78.6% and rheumatic valvular heart disease in 21.4% of cases. Or...

Occluded mycotic popliteal aneurysm secondary to infective endocarditis.

Introduction brachial pressure index of 0.23. Urgent ultrasound examination of the popliteal fossa showed the popliteal A patient with infective endocarditis required an emerartery to be of normal calibre, with no embolic source identified. The following day, angiography demgency mitral valve replacement. During this illness, he developed sudden calf pain initially diagnosed as onstrated focal ...

Mitral Valve Aneurysm Secondary to Probable Infective Endocarditis

Figure 1 – Transthoracic echocardiography (TTE): apical 4-chamber view – image of the calcified nodule on the posterior leaflet (P1–P2 transition), under which lies an aneurysm of the mitral valve in diastole (A) and systole (B) – white arrow. C. Transesophageal echocardiography (TEE): mid-esophageal 5-chamber view (0°) – image of saccular aneurysm on the posterior leaflet of the mitral valve (...