Native valve endocarditis with Staphylococcus warneri.
Rodica DiaconuElvira GolumbeanuAnca ConstantinIonuț DonoiuPublished in: BMJ case reports (2019)
We report a rare case of native valve endocarditis caused by Staphylococcus warneri in an immunocompetent 79-year-old man with known degenerative valvular heart disease but no previous risk factors such as recent invasive treatment or medical implant. The patient presented with heart failure, due to perforation of the mitral valve, and lacked any signs of infection. The diagnosis of endocarditis with S. warneri was established by echocardiography and positive blood cultures.
Keyphrases
- mitral valve
- left ventricular
- rare case
- heart failure
- risk factors
- aortic valve
- left atrial
- staphylococcus aureus
- biofilm formation
- pulmonary hypertension
- atrial fibrillation
- aortic stenosis
- healthcare
- computed tomography
- cardiac resynchronization therapy
- case report
- transcatheter aortic valve replacement
- escherichia coli
- pseudomonas aeruginosa
- combination therapy
- replacement therapy
- candida albicans
- ejection fraction
- smoking cessation