Right-sided endocarditis and ventricular septal defect.
Right-sided endocarditis occurred in a 40-year-old woman with ventricular septal defect. This association is uncommon in adults. Because of the changing and variable clinical patterns of this disease, it is difficult to make a prompt diagnosis. In this case diagnosis was delayed for almost a year. The occurrence of pneumonia due to Streptococcus viridans was the most important extracardiac manifestation.
D000328:Adult; D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D005260:Female; D006345:Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans