title: Infective endocarditis affecting the eustachian valve.
abstract: A previously fit 44 year old man presented with acute staphylococcal pneumonia. Despite appropriate antibiotics he showed signs of continuing sepsis and eventually died. At necropsy endocarditis of the eustachian valve was found.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011023:Pneumonia, Staphylococcal / Q000150:complications; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014682:Vena Cava, Inferior / Q000002:abnormalities*