Multiple Salmonella endocarditis.
A patient with known rheumatic mitral stenosis who developed infective endocarditis associated with a diarrhoeal illness is described. Dual infection with Salmonella virchow and Salmonella montevideo was identified. The illness was otherwise uncomplicated and she recovered after six weeks' treatment with parenteral antibiotics.
D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000382:microbiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D012480:Salmonella Infections / Q000382:microbiology*