Eustachian valve endocarditis.
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.
Veiga
Viviane Cordeiro
VC
Real e Benemérita Associação Portuguesa de Beneficência, São Paulo, SP, Brazil. vcveiga@cardiol.br
Molinari
Ana Cristina Carlo Magno
AC
Farias
Cíntia Mara
CM
Silva
Amilton
A
Marum
Elias César Hauy
EC
Rojas
Salomón Ordinola
SO
Patrício
Marcelo Luiz
ML
Abensur
Henry
H
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