Tropheryma whipplei endocarditis: An uncommon infection with potentially fatal consequences.
endocarditis
tropheryma whipplei
valve repair/replacement
Journal
Journal of cardiac surgery
ISSN: 1540-8191
Titre abrégé: J Card Surg
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 8908809
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Apr 2020
Apr 2020
Historique:
pubmed:
15
2
2020
medline:
29
9
2020
entrez:
15
2
2020
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
We report a case of culture-negative aortic valve endocarditis secondary to Tropheryma whipplei infection. Our patient underwent aortic valve replacement after 4 weeks of antibiotic therapy with persistently negative blood culture results. Despite a technically uneventful operation, the patient showed continued sepsis and was unresponsive to a broad-spectrum of antibiotic therapy with subsequent multiorgan failure. He died on the 5th postoperative day, and diagnosis was established at postmortem examination. In this case report, we discuss the diagnosis and treatment of a rare type of endocarditis caused by T. whipplei.
Substances chimiques
Anti-Bacterial Agents
0
Types de publication
Case Reports
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
923-925Informations de copyright
© 2020 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
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