2024
DOI: 10.3390/medicina60071122
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Bivalvular Endocarditis Due to Polymicrobial Coinfection with Enterococcus faecalis and Coxiella burnetii: A Case Report and Review of the Literature

Asala Abu-Ahmad,
Fadel Bahouth,
Mirit Hershman-Sarafov
et al.

Abstract: Polymicrobial endocarditis is uncommon, and polymicrobial endocarditis in combination with Coxiella burnetii is very rare. We herein describe an extremely rare case of polymicrobial bivalvular endocarditis due to coinfection with Enterococcus faecalis and Coxiella burnetii in a 62-year-old male patient, and extensively review the relevant medical literature. To the best of our knowledge, only three similar cases have been previously reported. Q fever is a worldwide endemic bacterial zoonosis, but it and its mo… Show more

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