Native Quadruple-Valve Endocarditis Caused by Enterococcus faecalis

AUTOR(ES)

Krake, Patrick R.

RESUMO

We report the case of a patient with postoperative, hospital-acquired, quadruple-valve endocarditis caused by Enterococcus faecalis on presumed normal native valves. During a cervical laminectomy, the patient had a non-ST-elevation myocardial infarction that was treated conservatively. In the intensive care unit, the patient became febrile and developed a new 2/6 systolic murmur. Blood cultures grew E. faecalis, and the patient was given antibiotics. Postoperative transthoracic echocardiography and transesophageal echocardiography revealed vegetations on all 4 heart valves. Subsequently, the patient was moved to another facility and died. No autopsy was performed.

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