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Community acquired staphylococcal pulmonary valve endocarditis in non-drug users: case report and review of the literature
  1. J J Edmonda,
  2. S J Eykynb,
  3. L D R Smithc
  1. aDepartment of Cardiology, Level 5, Green Lane Hospital, Green Lane West, Auckland, New Zealand, bDepartment of Microbiology, St Thomas' Hospital, London SE1 7EH, UK, cCardiology Department, Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital, Barrack Road, Exeter EX2 5DW, UK

Abstract

Right sided endocarditis usually involves the tricuspid valve, predominantly in intravenous drug users. It is also occasionally acquired in hospital as a result of contaminated intravascular devices. Isolated infection of the pulmonary valve is rarely seen. A case of community acquired Staphylococcus aureuspulmonary valve endocarditis that caused diagnostic confusion is reported. This infection occurred in a patient with no history of intravenous drug abuse and a previously structurally normal heart.

  • Staphylococcus aureus
  • pulmonary valve
  • endocarditis

https://doi.org/10.1136/heart.86.6.e17

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