PMID: 25743355Mar 7, 2015Paper

Surgical treatment for aortic valve endocarditis combined with bacterial meningitis and vertebral osteomyelitis;report of a case

Kyobu geka. The Japanese journal of thoracic surgery
Noriyasu MasudaEisei Kou

Abstract

A 59-year-old man was referred to our hospital with disturbance of consciousness. Bacterial meningitis was diagnosed by a spinal tap, and penicillin sensitive Streptococcus pneumonia was detected by blood culture. Magnetic resonance imaging revealed a vertebral osteomyelitis. Treatment with antibiotics was started immediately. Four days after admission, congestive heart failure suddenly occurred. Echocardiography showed mobile vegetation on the aortic valve, and severe regurgitation. As acute heart failure could not be controlled, the aortic valve was replaced by ATS 22AP valve on the 7th day after admission. Antibiotic therapy was continued for 8 weeks. The postoperative course was uneventful.

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