Right-sided native-valve infective endocarditis caused by <i>Streptococcus acidominimus</i>: A case report-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Right-sided native-valve infective endocarditis caused by Streptococcus acidominimus: A case report

Published:2022-01 Issue: Volume:10 Page:2050313X2211474
ISSN:2050-313X
Container-title:SAGE Open Medical Case Reports
language:en
Short-container-title:SAGE Open Medical Case Reports

Author:

Thulini Madubashini Liyana Arachchige Dona¹^ORCID,Roneesha Lakmali Jayawardane Pathiranage¹,N Shirani Chandrasiri²^ORCID,Matthias Anne Thushara¹³

Affiliation:

1. Professorial Medicine Unit, Colombo South Teaching Hospital, Kalubowila, Dehiwala, Sri Lanka

2. Colombo South Teaching Hospital, Kalubowila, Dehiwala, Sri Lanka

3. Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Nugegoda, Sri Lanka

Abstract

Streptococcus acidominimus is rarely pathogenic in humans. In the literature, there are only few cases related to S. acidominimus, including pneumonia, meningitis, brain abscess, pericarditis, sepsis, and endocarditis. Up to now, only a few cases have been published on infective endocarditis due to S. acidominimus, commonly causing left-sided disease. Increasingly, it was noted that it is resistant to beta-lactams. There are no published cases of infective endocarditis due to S. acidominimus in Sri Lanka. Here, we report a case of right-sided native-valve infective endocarditis caused by S. acidominimus which was sensitive to beta-lactams in a 52-year-old man with congenital heart disease.

Publisher

SAGE Publications

Subject

General Medicine

Link

http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/2050313X221147465

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