title: An autopsy case of Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae endocarditis.
abstract: A 58-year-old man was admitted to our hospital with fever. The vegetation was confirmed by echocardiography on the tricuspid valve and Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae was isolated by blood culture. The patient died due to heart failure, and tricuspid valve vegetation was confirmed on autopsy and the sample of Gram's staining showed gram-positive microcolonies. Although about 60 cases of E. rhusiopathiae endocarditis have been reported, Japanese cases are extremely rare.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Sasebo City General Hospital, Sasebo. yyamamo@nagasaki-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: Yoshihiro
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yamamoto
authors.forename: Kei
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Shioshita
authors.forename: Takahiro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Takazono
authors.forename: Masafumi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Seki
authors.forename: Koichi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Izumikawa
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kakeya
authors.forename: Katsunori
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yanagihara
authors.forename: Takayoshi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tashiro
authors.forename: Yoshihito
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Otsuka
authors.forename: Kiyofumi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ohkusu
authors.forename: Shigeru
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kohno
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004452:Echocardiography; D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D004888:Erysipelothrix; D004889:Erysipelothrix Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014261:Tricuspid Valve / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents