Salmonella endocarditis of a ventricular aneurysm: a case report and review of the literature.
A 63-year-old man with salmonella endocarditis of a ventricular aneurysm is presented. The patient had a documented apical aneurysm with mural thrombus and left ventricular dysfunction following a previous myocardial infarction. His condition was unresponsive to maximal medical therapy and was cured by surgery. A review of the English-language literature revealed that only two other published cases of nonvalvular salmonella endocarditis resulted in patient survival. This report underscores the importance of suspecting a cardiovascular origin in cases of salmonella bacteremia to avoid delay in diagnosis and surgical intervention in this deadly condition.
Amyot
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Department of Medicine, Medical Microbiology and Surgery, Hôpital du Sacré-Coeur de Montréal, Québec.
Girouard
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Y
Baillot
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R
Sauvé
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C
D000785:Aneurysm, Infected / Q000382:microbiology*; D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000382:microbiology*; D006322:Heart Aneurysm / Q000382:microbiology*; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012480:Salmonella Infections