The dog, valves' best friend: infective endocarditis due to Capnocytophaga canimorsus -a case report.
Daniel Jesús Salazar RodríguezAntonio José Plata CiézarDaniel Gaitán RománCristóbal Antonio Urbano CarrilloPublished in: European heart journal. Case reports (2023)
is a very rare cause of endocarditis, although it can be very aggressive, with high degree of valve damage, necessity of surgery, and high mortality. It mainly affects young men with no previous structural heart disease. Due to its slow growth, blood cultures can be negative, so other microbiological techniques such as 16S RNA sequencing or matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization and time-of-flight (MALDI-TOF) can be helpful for diagnosis.
Keyphrases
- mass spectrometry
- aortic valve
- minimally invasive
- middle aged
- pulmonary hypertension
- single cell
- ms ms
- mitral valve
- oxidative stress
- cardiovascular events
- coronary artery bypass
- type diabetes
- heart failure
- risk factors
- transcatheter aortic valve implantation
- percutaneous coronary intervention
- left ventricular
- cardiovascular disease