Streptobacillus moniliformis Endocarditis: An Unusual Case of Pulmonary Valve Erosion Resulting in Free Pulmonary Regurgitation and Aneurysm.

Authors :: Ioffe V
Amir G
Zalzstein E
Krymko H
Levitas A
Source :: World journal for pediatric & congenital heart surgery [World J Pediatr Congenit Heart Surg] 2018 Jul; Vol. 9 (4), pp. 467-469. Date of Electronic Publication: 2016 May 06.
Publication Year :: 2018
Abstract: Endocarditis is a consideration in the differential diagnosis when masses are seen on echocardiography in a patient with congenital heart disease. We present a case of insidious development of endocarditis caused by Streptobacillus moniliformis in a seven-month-old baby after a rat bite, when the baby was three months of age.

Subjects :: Aneurysm diagnosis
Diagnosis, Differential
Endocarditis, Bacterial complications
Humans
Infant
Male
Pulmonary Valve Insufficiency diagnosis
Rat-Bite Fever complications
Aneurysm microbiology
Endocarditis, Bacterial diagnosis
Pulmonary Artery
Pulmonary Valve Insufficiency microbiology
Rat-Bite Fever diagnosis

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