Aerococcus spp infective endocarditis following a prostate biopsy: a case report

ABSTRACT We report a rare case of an infective endocarditis by Aerococcus spp in a bioprosthetic aortic valve following a prostate biopsy, in an asymptomatic adult with no additional risk factor for prostate cancer, excepting for age. The diagnosis was based on the presence of vegetations on the bio...

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Published in:Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo
Main Authors: Marcelo Antônio Oliveira Santos-Veloso, Maria das Neves Dantas da Silveira Barros, Marcos Holmes Carvalho, Daniela Azevedo de Carvalho Kamel Barbosa, Jorge Vieira Rodrigues
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo (USP) 2021
Subjects:
Prostate biopsy
Infective endocarditis
Bioprosthesis
Aortic valve
Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine
RC955-962
Infectious and parasitic diseases
RC109-216
Arctic
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1590/s1678-9946202163018
https://doaj.org/article/e0de69ed4cb14d618ea25565e5a864a8
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Summary:ABSTRACT We report a rare case of an infective endocarditis by Aerococcus spp in a bioprosthetic aortic valve following a prostate biopsy, in an asymptomatic adult with no additional risk factor for prostate cancer, excepting for age. The diagnosis was based on the presence of vegetations on the bioprosthesis seen on the echocardiogram, positive blood cultures and fever, and a favorable clinical outcome following the treatment with ceftriaxone and gentamicin.

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