Aortic valve streptococcus group B endocarditis post-extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy
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BACKGROUND Sub-acute left-sided bacterial endocarditis is a serious condition that may present with variable clinical manifestations. Its symptoms include both sterile and infected emboli, and various immunological phenomena. CASE REPORT This report presents a 55 year old man with frequency and dysuria after a lithotripsy and several admissions with urosepsis. Due to the suspicion of infective endocarditis echocardiography was done which confirmed streptococcus group B endocarditis. CONCLUSION Streptococci group B is one of the rare causes of infective endocarditis, but it was observed after various producers such as lithotripsy.
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