Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae endocarditis.

European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology ·Vol. 9 ·No. 1 ·1990-01-00 ·Pages 50-2

Venditti M, Gelfusa V, Castelli F, Brandimarte C, Serra P

Abstract

A case of Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae endocarditis involving the aortic and mitral valves in a 70-year-old male farmer is reported. The onset of infection was insidious, with a five-month history of low grade fever, malaise and a 20 kg weight loss. The patient eventually developed severe heart failure requiring surgery and died postoperatively of Pseudomonas aeruginosa pneumonia. In vitro studies showed the isolate to be highly susceptible to penicillin, ciprofloxacin and ofloxacin, and resistant to vancomycin.

MeSH Terms

Aged Aortic Valve/surgery Combined Modality Therapy Drug Therapy, Combination/therapeutic use Endocarditis, Bacterial/microbiology,therapy Erysipelothrix Infections/drug therapy Glycopeptides/therapeutic use Heart Valve Diseases/microbiology,therapy Humans Male Mitral Valve/surgery Penicillin G/therapeutic use Teicoplanin

Chemicals

Glycopeptides Teicoplanin Penicillin G

Authors & Affiliations

5 authors, click to expand affiliations / ORCID

Venditti M

Patologia Medica III, Università La Sápienza, Rome, Italy.

Gelfusa V

Castelli F

Brandimarte C

Serra P

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Article Info

Journal

European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology

Abbr.

Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis

ISSN

0934-9723

DOI

10.1007/BF01969536

Published

1990-01-00

Pages

50-2

Language

English

Region

Germany

NLM ID

8804297

Subset

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