title: Eustachian valve endocarditis.
abstract: Eustachian valve endocarditis is a rare condition that affects mostly injectable drug users and patients using pacemakers or central venous catheter. We describe the case of a patient who underwent myocardial revascularization with extracorporeal circulation and who presented Eustachian valve endocarditis in the postoperative period, diagnosed by echocardiogram. The blood culture identified Klebsiella pneumoniae. He received appropriate antibiotic therapy and presented resolution of the condition within four weeks.
authors.affiliation: Real e Benemérita Associação Portuguesa de Beneficência, São Paulo, SP, Brazil. vcveiga@cardiol.br
authors.forename: Viviane Cordeiro
authors.initials: VC
authors.lastname: Veiga
authors.forename: Ana Cristina Carlo Magno
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Molinari
authors.forename: Cíntia Mara
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Farias
authors.forename: Amilton
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Silva
authors.forename: Elias César Hauy
authors.initials: EC
authors.lastname: Marum
authors.forename: Salomón Ordinola
authors.initials: SO
authors.lastname: Rojas
authors.forename: Marcelo Luiz
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Patrício
authors.forename: Henry
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Abensur
mesh_terms: D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000601:surgery; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D006349:Heart Valve Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D007710:Klebsiella Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D007711:Klebsiella pneumoniae / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009204:Myocardial Revascularization / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology