First reported case of lead-related infective endocarditis secondary to Capnocytophaga canimorsus: 'Dog Scratch' endocarditis.
cardiovascular system
valvar diseases
Journal
BMJ case reports
ISSN: 1757-790X
Titre abrégé: BMJ Case Rep
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101526291
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
09 Feb 2020
09 Feb 2020
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Résumé
A 76-year-old woman presented with a 6-week history of malaise, night sweats and recurrent fever. She had a background of dilated cardiomyopathy for which she had a cardiac resynchronisation device in situ. She had several hospital admissions across this time with differing diagnoses offered. She received multiple courses of antibiotics with short-term symptom resolution. Blood cultures grew Gram-negative rods and samples were sent to a specialist centre for subtype analysis. A transthoracic echocardiogram revealed thickening of the distal right ventricular lead. A transoesophageal echocardiogram demonstrated a clearer vegetation on this lead. It transpired that she had been scratched by her dog a fortnight before symptom onset. The causal bacterium was reported as
Identifiants
pubmed: 32041751
pii: 13/2/e233783
doi: 10.1136/bcr-2019-233783
pmc: PMC7035813
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Substances chimiques
Anti-Bacterial Agents
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Case Reports
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eng
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IM
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© BMJ Publishing Group Limited 2020. No commercial re-use. See rights and permissions. Published by BMJ.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
Competing interests: None declared.
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