A Rare Case of Successfully Treated Double Valve Infective Endocarditis Caused by Pseudomonas aeruginosa .
Raluca TomoaiaAlexandru OpreaIrina SanduVlad DanuDana PopDumitru ZdrengheaAlexandra Dădârlat-PopIoan Alexandru MinciunăIoana-Maria ChetanNicoleta Cosmina HadaRuxandra Ștefana BeyerPublished in: International journal of molecular sciences (2022)
Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a rare yet particularly aggressive infective endocarditis pathogen. We describe a case of successfully managed double-valve P. aeruginosa infective endocarditis, in which the presumed source of bacteremia was a long-term tunneled central venous catheter used for hemodialysis.
Keyphrases
- pseudomonas aeruginosa
- rare case
- aortic valve
- mitral valve
- cystic fibrosis
- biofilm formation
- aortic stenosis
- acinetobacter baumannii
- chronic kidney disease
- transcatheter aortic valve replacement
- candida albicans
- left ventricular
- gram negative
- ultrasound guided
- drug resistant
- coronary artery disease
- atrial fibrillation