title: Native valve endocarditis with aorta-to-left atrial fistula due to Corynebacterium amycolatum.
abstract: Infective endocarditis remains a pathology with a high rate of complications and mortality. One of the most dramatic complications is abscess formation. A rare evolution of abscess formation is the development of fistula. We describe an 88-year-old woman with an aortic root abscess and aorta-to-left atrial fistula. To our knowledge this has only been described with streptococcus species as causative micro-organism. In this case the abscess was caused by Corynebacterium amycolatum, which is an infrequently found micro-organism.
authors.affiliation: Brussels, Belgium.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Daniëls
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Schoors
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Van Camp
mesh_terms: D000038:Abscess / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000382:microbiology; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001018:Aortic Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D001021:Aortic Valve / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000382:microbiology; D003354:Corynebacterium Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D005402:Fistula / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D006337:Heart Murmurs; D006801:Humans