Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging for detection of an abscess associated with prosthetic valve endocarditis: a case report.
Propionibacterium acnes is an organism frequently isolated in cultures and often dismissed as a contaminant. A patient with a febrile illness and prosthetic aortic valve was suspected of having infectious endocarditis. Magnetic resonance imaging was useful in defining a paravalvular abscess associated with prosthetic valve endocarditis due to Propionibacterium acnes that was then successfully surgically repaired.
Harris
Kevin M
KM
Minneapolis Heart Institute, Minneapolis, MN 55407, USA. kharris@mplsheart.com
Ang
Edmund
E
Lesser
John R
JR
Sonnesyn
Steven W
SW
D000038:Abscess / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D004696:Endocarditis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D016908:Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006350:Heart Valve Prosthesis / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011425:Propionibacterium acnes; D016459:Prosthesis-Related Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*