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The  first  case  of  prosthetic  valve  endocarditis  due to  Salmonella enterica Serovar Enteritidis infection  in  Sri Lanka Cover

The  first case of  prosthetic valve endocarditis due to  Salmonella enterica Serovar Enteritidis infection in  Sri Lanka

Open Access
|Oct 2015

Abstract

Prosthetic  valve  replacement  is   one of  the  predisposing  factors  for  the  development  of infective  endocarditis.  Prosthetic  valve  infective  endocarditis  caused  by  non typhoidal Salmonellae  is  an  uncommon  manifestation.  We  report  a  case  of  a  female  patient  with  a history  of  bioprosthetic  aortic  valve  replacement  admitted  due  to  prolonged  fever   with  diarrhoea.  The  echocardiogram  revealed a prosthetic  valve  vegetation  with  the  etiological  diagnosis  of  infective  endocarditis  by  Salmonella enterica Serovar Enteritidis.  She  had  a  fulminant  clinical  course  and  died  after  6  months  despite  prolonged  antibiotic  treatment.

Language: English
Page range: 92 - 95
Published on: Oct 29, 2015
Published by: Sri Lankan Society for Microbiology
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

© 2015 T. Jeyakanth, P. Mayurathan, M. Guruparan, F.N. Mubarak, M.V.S.C. Pathirage, S Sivasunthan, published by Sri Lankan Society for Microbiology
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