A Case of Native Valve Infective Endocarditis Caused by Staphylococcus lugdunensis.
- Author:
Hwan Jin CHO
1
;
Sang Hoon SEOL
;
Sang Yool PARK
;
Hyun Soo JUN
;
Dong Kie KIM
;
Doo Il KIM
;
Dong Soo KIM
Author Information
1. Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Ulsan Hospital, Ulsan, Korea.
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Staphylococcus lugdunensis;
Endocarditis
- MeSH:
Adult;
Anti-Bacterial Agents;
Echocardiography;
Endocarditis;
Female;
Fever;
Humans;
Leg;
Mitral Valve;
Staphylococcus;
Staphylococcus aureus;
Staphylococcus lugdunensis
- From:Korean Journal of Medicine
2011;80(2):212-215
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
A 37-year-old woman presented to our hospital with a 1-month history of fever. She also complained of lower leg pain. Transthoracic echocardiography showed large vegetations on the mitral valve leaflets. Staphylococcus lugdunensis was isolated from blood cultures. She was diagnosed with infectious endocarditis due to S. lugdunensis and was treated with antibiotics and surgery. Infective endocarditis caused by S. lugdunensis can be invasive and often resembles endocarditis due to Staphylococcus aureus. Thus, whenever this organism is found in patients with endocarditis, early surgical treatment of the infected valve should be considered.
