Staphylococcus warneri endocarditis after implantation of a lumbar disc prosthesis in an immunocompetent patient.
In a 48-year-old immunocompetent man with recurrent fever since 21 months, endocarditis of the native aortic valve due to Staphylococcus warneri was diagnosed. Twenty-six months before, a prosthetic lumbar disc had been implanted in L 4/5. The lack of typical other infectious sources favours the hypothesis of a disc-prosthesis-induced bacteraemia.
Stöllberger
Claudia
C
Second Medical Department, Krankenanstalt Rudolfstiftung, Wien, Austria. claudia.stoellberger@chello.at
Wechsler-Fördös
Agnes
A
Geppert
Friederike
F
Gulz
Wilhelm
W
Brownstone
Eva
E
Nicolakis
Michael
M
Finsterer
Josef
J
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007403:Intervertebral Disc / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D019736:Prostheses and Implants / Q000009:adverse effects*; D016459:Prosthesis-Related Infections / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000209:etiology* / Q000382:microbiology
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents