FEATURED CLINICAL CASE Bacterial endocarditis following repeated tattooing

A Case of Pneumococcal Endocarditis Following a Nose Trauma

Pneumococcal endocarditis is an uncommon disease. Here, we describe a case of endocarditis caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae in a young man following a nose trauma. In traumas that involve the respiratory system and the mucous membrane, bacterial complications such as colonization and bacteremia and end-organ involvement should be considered by physicians.

Prosthetic valve endocarditis due to Veillonella dispar: successful medical treatment following penicillin desensitization.

Serious human disease due to Veillonella species is uncommon. We report the fifth case ofwell-documented infectious endocarditis in which Veillonella species was the sole pathogen. Optimal treatment, particularly for patients who are allergic to penicillin, is not well established. A 56-year-old man presented to the hospital with a 2-week history of fatigue and a I-week history of intermittent ...

Plasmapheresis for treatment of immune complex-mediated glomerulonephritis in infective endocarditis: a case report and literature review

We report the case of a 57-year-old man who presented with subacute bacterial endocarditis secondary to Streptococcus mutans complicated by biopsy-proven immune complex-mediated glomerulonephritis (ICGN). Despite initial treatment with antibiotics and a short course of corticosteroids, the kidney function further deteriorated, and plasmapheresis was introduced as third-line therapy to remove ci...

Native valve bacterial endocarditis due to Staphylococcus epidermidis. A community acquired infection following an acute course.

Staphylococcus epidermidis (SE) is the leading pathogen of prosthetic valve endocarditis. At the same time it is a very rare cause of native valve endocarditis and it follows a clinical course and outcome similar to Streptococcal viridans endocarditis. We report here the case of a 41-year-old man with a community acquired SE endocarditis of a native aortic valve. Despite early surgical interven...

Subacute bacterial endocarditis arising in mural thrombi following a myocardial infarction: a case report.