Pseudomonas maltophilia bacteremia associated with a prolapsed mitral valve.
A 53-year-old man had had recurrent episodes of transient visual loss, malaise and a heart murmur. Blood cultures repeatedly grew Pseudomonas maltophilia, a frequent opportunistic pathogen, and echocardiogram documented mitral-valve prolapse. The risk of bacterial endocarditis is stressed.
D006349:Heart Valve Diseases / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008943:Mitral Valve; D011391:Prolapse; D011552:Pseudomonas Infections / Q000150:complications*; D018805:Sepsis / Q000150:complications*