Three fatal cases of rapidly progressive infective endocarditis caused by Staphylococcus aureus: one case with huge vegetation.
Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) infective endocarditis (IE) is a severe disease with a high mortality despite intensive therapy. Three cases of S. aureus IE had a rapidly progressive fatal clinical course despite intensive antimicrobial therapy. One case was methicillin-sensitive S. aureus IE, which formed rapidly growing a huge vegetation on a prosthetic mitral valve, complicated with multiple systemic emboli. The other 2 cases were methicillin-resistant S. aureus IE without any predisposing heart disease.
Miyata
Eri
E
Department of Cardiology, National Hospital Organization Kyushu Medical Center, Fukuoka, Japan.
Satoh
Shinji
S
Inokuchi
Kosuke
K
Aso
Akemi
A
Kimura
Yoshikuni
Y
Yokoyama
Shinji
S
Mori
Etsuo
E
Nakamura
Toshihiro
T
Matsumoto
Takahiro
T
Fujino
Yusuke
Y
Kishihara
Yasuhiro
Y
Uda
Ken
K
Takemoto
Koichiro
K
Inoue
Toru
T
Nakayama
Suguru
S
Kobayashi
Ryozo
R
Uesugi
Noriko
N
Hiyamuta
Koji
K
D000368:Aged; D024881:Drug Resistance, Bacterial; D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology*; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006350:Heart Valve Prosthesis / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008712:Methicillin; D008875:Middle Aged; D008943:Mitral Valve / Q000473:pathology; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000473:pathology*; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus
D008712:Methicillin