Aerococcus spp infective endocarditis following a prostate biopsy: a case report.

Marcelo Antônio Oliveira Santos-Veloso Maria das Neves Dantas da Silveira Barros Marcos Holmes Carvalho Daniela Azevedo de Carvalho Kamel BarbosaJorge Vieira Rodrigues

Published in: Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo (2021)

We report a rare case of an infective endocarditis by Aerococcus spp in a bioprosthetic aortic valve following a prostate biopsy, in an asymptomatic adult with no additional risk factor for prostate cancer, excepting for age. The diagnosis was based on the presence of vegetations on the bioprosthesis seen on the echocardiogram, positive blood cultures and fever, and a favorable clinical outcome following the treatment with ceftriaxone and gentamicin.

Keyphrases

aortic valve
prostate cancer
rare case
aortic valve replacement
transcatheter aortic valve replacement
transcatheter aortic valve implantation
aortic stenosis
radical prostatectomy
ultrasound guided
fine needle aspiration
benign prostatic hyperplasia
heart failure
left ventricular
childhood cancer