Lactobacillus isolated pulmonic valve endocarditis with ventricular septal defect detected by transesophageal echocardiography

Puleo, John A.; Shammas, Nicolas W.; Kelly, Paul F.; Allen, Mark N.

doi:10.1016/0002-8703(94)90761-7

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“…Cases have been documented among others, from which Streptococcus agalactiae (Group B streptococci), Lactobacillus spp., Pseudallescheria boydii, Candida albicans, and Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans [6,[16][17][18][19] were isolated. We have found only two previously reported cases of pulmonic valve endocarditis due to enterococci [20,21].…”

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Isolated Pulmonic Valve Infective Endocarditis: A Persistent Challenge

2004

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Isolated pulmonic valve infective endocarditis is an uncommon clinical entity. We report our experience with three patients diagnosed with pulmonic valve endocarditis from our institution. Two cases were caused by Enterococcus faecalis (one was resistant to vancomycin) and one by coagulase-negative staphylococci (CNS). One of the cases of isolated pulmonic valve endocarditis due to the E. faecalis was nosocomially acquired; the case of CNS pulmonic valve endocarditis was dialysis catheter related. Each patient with isolated pulmonic valve endocarditis presented with hypotension and interstitial pulmonary infiltrates. Two patients were treated with linezolid. Both vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) and CNS were eliminated from blood cultures on linezolid therapy. The challenges inherent in the management of pulmonic valve endocarditis mandate the development of individual patient-specific guidelines.

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Isolated Pulmonic Valve Infective Endocarditis: A Persistent Challenge

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“…In the literature there is no report of isolated pulmonary valve endocarditis in patients with ventricular septal defect and infundibular pulmonary stenosis. Puleo et al reported pulmonic valve endocarditis in a patient with ventricular septal defect and trivial pulmonary stenosis 11 . In their patient ventricular septal defect was subarterial in location and they hypothesized that ventricular septal defect jet shooting against the pulmonary valve traumatized the pulmonary valve and this was the probable mechanism in the development of pulmonary valve endocarditis.…”

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Isolated Pulmonic Valve Endocarditis in an Adult Patient with Ventricular Septal Defect and Infundibular Pulmonary Stenosis

Bilen¹,

Yaşar²,

Bilge³

et al. 2008

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Pathogenic relevance of Lactobacillus: a retrospective review of over 200 cases

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Lee

Bolanos

et al. 2004

Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis

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Given that Lactobacillus has been reported to be the causative pathogen in many types of infection despite debate regarding the organism's clinical significance, a literature review was conducted to investigate the treatments and outcomes of Lactobacillus infections reported to date. In this article, the characteristics of over 200 reported cases of Lactobacillus-associated infections are summarized. Lactobacillus was found to be frequently associated with endocarditis and bacteremia. Lactobacillus was also associated with a variety of other infections including, but not limited to, peritonitis, abscesses, and meningitis. The species casei and rhamnosus were the most common. The isolates tended to be most sensitive to erythromycin and clindamycin and most resistant to vancomycin. The species that was most sensitive to vancomycin was acidophilus. The overall mortality rate was nearly 30%. There was a significant association between mortality and polymicrobial infection (P=0.004). In the subset of patients with bacteremia, increased mortality was associated with inadequate treatment (P=0.001) and polymicrobial bacteremia (P=0.044).

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Lactobacillus isolated pulmonic valve endocarditis with ventricular septal defect detected by transesophageal echocardiography

Cited by 13 publications

References 6 publications

Isolated Pulmonic Valve Infective Endocarditis: A Persistent Challenge

Isolated Pulmonic Valve Infective Endocarditis: A Persistent Challenge

Isolated Pulmonic Valve Endocarditis in an Adult Patient with Ventricular Septal Defect and Infundibular Pulmonary Stenosis

Pathogenic relevance of Lactobacillus: a retrospective review of over 200 cases

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