Culture-Negative Endocarditis in an Immunocompromised Patient: A Case of Suspected Bartonella and Coxiella Co-Infection.
Steven SwarathNicole MaharajTiffany KawallRajeev SeecheranValmiki SeecheranStanley GiddingsNaveen Anand SeecheranPublished in: Journal of investigative medicine high impact case reports (2023)
We present the case of a 23-year-old man with a previous deceased-donor renal transplant maintained on tacrolimus and prednisone who developed culture-negative endocarditis (CNE) of the mitral and aortic valves. He was suspected of being co-infected with Bartonella henselae and Coxiella burnetii , confirmed with serology testing. He was successfully managed with appropriate antibiotics and dual valve replacement.
Keyphrases
- aortic valve
- aortic stenosis
- mitral valve
- left ventricular
- aortic valve replacement
- pulmonary embolism
- transcatheter aortic valve replacement
- transcatheter aortic valve implantation
- case report
- left atrial
- kidney transplantation
- ejection fraction
- heart failure
- aortic dissection
- pulmonary arterial hypertension
- extracorporeal membrane oxygenation