Streptococcus intermedius Brain Abscess with Lung Abscess and Aortic Valve Endocarditis: A Case Report and Literature Review.
Francesca GavaruzziPierangelo ChinelloGiuseppe CucinottaGianluigi OlivaAlessandro CaponeGuido GranataSamir Al MoghaziEmanuela CaraffaFabrizio TagliettiPublished in: Infectious disease reports (2023)
Streptococcus intermedius is frequently associated with brain and liver abscesses, while pleuropulmonary infections are considered rarer. Even less frequent is the association of lung and brain abscesses due to this agent with infective endocarditis. We describe the case of a 40-year-old man complaining of cough, fever, and headache who was diagnosed with a brain abscess due to S. intermedius , a concomitant lung abscess, and aortic native valve endocarditis. He was treated with surgical drainage of the brain abscess and a 4-week course of intravenous ceftriaxone, followed by oral amoxicillin/clavulanate, obtaining healing of the lesions without relapse of the infection.
Keyphrases
- aortic valve
- resting state
- white matter
- functional connectivity
- transcatheter aortic valve replacement
- aortic stenosis
- cerebral ischemia
- transcatheter aortic valve implantation
- aortic valve replacement
- rare case
- low dose
- coronary artery disease
- biofilm formation
- mitral valve
- pseudomonas aeruginosa
- escherichia coli
- staphylococcus aureus
- blood brain barrier
- ultrasound guided