[Isolated tricuspid valve endocarditis as a cause of fever of unknown origin].
Isolated tricuspid valve endocarditis is the least common endocarditis with an incidence of 5 to 10% in the literature. It is usually described in drug abusers and as a complication of nosocomial infections (catheter, post-surgery...). We present the case of a 70 year-old patient admitted for a fever of unknown origin lasting for 2 months. He had an isolated tricuspid endocarditis with Enterococcus faecalis. We review the diagnostic criterias predisposing factors and treatment of right-sided valvular endocarditis, particularly the endocarditis produced by Enterococcus faecalis, a rare etiopathogenic agent of tricuspid endocarditis.
Schrouff
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Université de Liège, Belgique.
Valdes-Socin
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H
Frippiat
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F
De Leval
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L
Soyeur
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D
Radermecker
M A
MA
Scheen
A J
AJ
D000368:Aged; D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000175:diagnosis*; D013293:Enterococcus faecalis / Q000302:isolation & purification; D005335:Fever of Unknown Origin / Q000209:etiology*; D016908:Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014261:Tricuspid Valve / Q000382:microbiology*