Endocarditis with acute mitral regurgitation caused by Fusobacterium necrophorum.
Infective endocarditis is uncommon in young children, especially in the absence of structural heart disease. We report the case of a 2-year-old boy who presented with acute rupture of the mitral valve chordae 6 weeks after an episode of Fusobacterium necrophorum septicemia. His heart had been structurally normal before. Mitral valve replacement was successfully performed. This is the first recorded case of endocarditis in a child caused by necrobacillosis.
Stuart
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Department of Paediatric Cardiology, Freeman Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.
Wren
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D016470:Bacteremia / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004452:Echocardiography; D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology; D005674:Fusobacterium Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology; D005675:Fusobacterium necrophorum / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008944:Mitral Valve Insufficiency / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology