endocarditis with an uncommon germ

An uncommon onset for tricuspid endocarditis

Discussion/Conclusion Most of the cases of tricuspid endocarditis (nearly 80%) are found in intravenous drug users. This case has a very rare entry of bacteria. First, because it started nearly two months ago and second because the skin infection almost had disappeared when the patient was diagnosed of endocarditis. There is no standardized surgical procedure for tricuspid endocarditis. In this...

Actinomyces naeslundii: An Uncommon Cause of Endocarditis

Actinomyces rarely causes endocarditis with 25 well-described cases reported in the literature in the past 75 years. We present a case of prosthetic valve endocarditis (PVE) caused by Actinomyces naeslundii. To our knowledge, this is the first report in the literature of endocarditis due to this organism and the second report of PVE caused by Actinomyces.

An uncommon cause of recurrent strokes: Tropheryma whippelii endocarditis.

BACKGROUND Cardiac involvement in Whipple's disease is not an uncommon phenomenon in autopsies, but its clinical occurrence is often overshadowed by gastrointestinal symptoms. We report a very atypical manifestation of this disorder. SUMMARY OF REPORT An extraordinary presentation of an extremely long-lasting, culture-negative endocarditis caused by Tropheryma whippelii is described, the clin...

Infective Endocarditis: A Rare Organism in an Uncommon Setting

Facklamia hominis is a rare causative organism of infective endocarditis (IE). Only few cases of infection due to F. hominis have been reported in the literature. We describe a case of IE due to Gram-positive, alpha-haemolytic, catalase-negative coccus F. hominis in an adult patient with rheumatic mitral stenosis. Isolated mitral stenosis is an uncommon valve lesion predisposing to IE. The foll...

Mirror Hand: An Uncommon Neglected Case Managed with Pollicisation

Thermomyces lanuginosus infective endocarditis: Case report and a review of endocarditis due to uncommon moulds☆

We describe a case of Thermomyces lanuginosus endocarditis, the first reported in a living patient, and review the literature to delineate the clinical characteristics, investigations and management of endocarditis due to such rare but emerging mould pathogens.