Pulmonic valve endocarditis.
Pulmonic valve endocarditis is an extremely rare infection that shares epidemiologic, clinical, radiologic, microbiologic, and prognostic features with tricuspid valve endocarditis. We report a case of pulmonic valve infection on a structurally normal heart and review the English-language literature on this subject.
Tariq
Muhammad
M
Department of Medicine, Aga Khan University Medical College, Karachi, Pakistan. muhammed.tariq@aku.edu
Smego
Raymond A
RA
Soofi
Adil
A
Islam
Najmul
N
D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000382:microbiology*; D013293:Enterococcus faecalis / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D016908:Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology*; D006349:Heart Valve Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011664:Pulmonary Valve / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000382:microbiology*; D011859:Radiography