Isolated Native Valve Endocarditis on Tricuspid Valve: A Case Report.
- Author:
Jun Hwa HONG
1
;
Dong Moon SOH
;
Jo Won JUNG
;
Chang Ho HONG
Author Information
1. Department of Pediatrics, Ajou University School of Medicine.
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Endocarditis, bacterial;
Tricuspid Valve, repair
- MeSH:
Child;
Cough;
Embolism;
Endocarditis*;
Endocarditis, Bacterial;
Fever;
Follow-Up Studies;
Humans;
Lung;
Perfusion;
Staphylococcus aureus;
Tricuspid Valve*
- From:The Korean Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
1999;32(12):1119-1122
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Native valve endocarditis (NVE) without preexisting structural valve or congenital cardiac malformation especially in pediatric group is rare. A case of isolated tricuspid valve endocarditis in a 7-year-old child without any cardiac malformation is described. This child had suffered from fever and productive cough for 3 weeks. Blood culture grew Staphylococcus aureus. Fever was not controlled even with proper antibiotic treatment. Transthoracic echocardiogram and lung perfusion scan revealed a large vegetation on the tricuspid valve with multiple embolism Surgical procedures included vegetectomy partial cusps resection and pericardial patch valvuloplasty. Th patient was in NYHA class I during follow up.
