An autopsy case of Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae endocarditis.
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.
Yamamoto
Yoshihiro
Y
Department of Internal Medicine, Sasebo City General Hospital, Sasebo. yyamamo@nagasaki-u.ac.jp
Shioshita
Kei
K
Takazono
Takahiro
T
Seki
Masafumi
M
Izumikawa
Koichi
K
Kakeya
Hiroshi
H
Yanagihara
Katsunori
K
Tashiro
Takayoshi
T
Otsuka
Yoshihito
Y
Ohkusu
Kiyofumi
K
Kohno
Shigeru
S
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
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents