Pneumococcal endocarditis in a 7-week-old infant. A case complicated by congenital heart malformation with mitral valve perforation.
A 7-week-old girl had pneumococcal endocarditis and perforation of the mitral valve. Pneumococcal endocarditis in children under 2 years of age is extremely rare, and is a prototype for endocarditis in general in infants less than 2 years of age. To our knowledge, this is the youngest reported patients with pneumococcal endocarditis in the penicillin era.
D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy; D005260:Female; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006349:Heart Valve Diseases / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007612:Kanamycin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008943:Mitral Valve / Q000473:pathology; D009254:Nafcillin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D010400:Penicillin G / Q000627:therapeutic use; D011008:Pneumococcal Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy; D011859:Radiography; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous
D009254:Nafcillin; D007612:Kanamycin; D010400:Penicillin G