A Case of Relapse Pseudomonas aeruginosa Tricuspid Valve Endocarditis After AngioVac Vegectomy and Antibiotic Treatment in a Patient Using Intravenous Drugs.

Gaba, Parveen; Okoroafor, Chidi D; Suryadevara, Madhu; Tawadrous, Maikel

Gaba, Parveen; Okoroafor, Chidi D; Suryadevara, Madhu; Tawadrous, Maikel.

Afiliación

Gaba P; Infectious Disease, Newark Beth Israel Medical Center, Newark, USA.
Okoroafor CD; Infectious Disease, Newark Beth Israel Medical Center, Newark, USA.
Suryadevara M; Internal Medicine, Trinity Health of New England, New Haven, USA.
Tawadrous M; Infectious Disease, Newark Beth Israel Medical Center, Newark, USA.

Cureus ; 16(7): e65867, 2024 Jul.

Article en En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-39219916

ABSTRACT

ABSTRACT

Infective endocarditis (IE) is a bloodstream infection affecting the valves of the heart. IE is highly associated with morbidity and mortality if not properly managed. Pseudomonas aeruginosa (P. aeruginosa) as a cause of IE is extremely rare. This is a case of IE involving a male patient with a history of intravenous drug use (IVDU), secondary to P. aeruginosa, with associated relapse of bacteremia and native tricuspid valve endocarditis, complicated by septic pulmonary emboli, despite undergoing recent vegetation debulking using the AngioVac system (AngioDynamics, Inc., New York, USA) along with six weeks of IV antibiotics and no IVDU since then being on treatment.

Palabras clave

angiovac and infective endocarditis; infective endocarditis; intravenous drug use (ivdu); pseudomonas aeruginosa; relapse of pseudomonas bacteremia

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Texto completo: 1 Colección: 01-internacional Base de datos: MEDLINE Idioma: En Revista: Cureus Año: 2024 Tipo del documento: Article País de afiliación: Estados Unidos Pais de publicación: Estados Unidos

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