Community acquired staphylococcal pulmonary valve endocarditis in non-drug users: case report and review of the literature.
Right sided endocarditis usually involves the tricuspid valve, predominantly in intravenous drug users. It is also occasionally acquired in hospital as a result of contaminated intravascular devices. Isolated infection of the pulmonary valve is rarely seen. A case of community acquired Staphylococcus aureus pulmonary valve endocarditis that caused diagnostic confusion is reported. This infection occurred in a patient with no history of intravenous drug abuse and a previously structurally normal heart.
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Department of Cardiology, Level 5, Green Lane Hospital, Green Lane West, Auckland, New Zealand.
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D000328:Adult; D017714:Community-Acquired Infections / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology; D024901:Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial; D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011664:Pulmonary Valve; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000150:complications*; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus