A case of Salmonella typhi endocarditis in pregnancy.
Infective endocarditis (IE) is an uncommon but life-threatening infection during pregnancy. Although there have been several reports of endocarditis caused by Salmonella typhi, to our knowledge it has not been reported as a cause of endocarditis during pregnancy. We report a case of 27-year-old pregnant woman with aortic valve IE caused by S. typhi, who had moderate mitral stenosis and aortic regurgitation. During pregnancy, fever, increase in sedimentation should always alert the physician about the possibility of IE, especially in the presence of predisposing clinical conditions. Whenever possible, transesophageal echocardiographic evaluation should be performed because transthoracic echocardiography might not always demonstrate vegetation as in the present case.
Ozer
Orhan
O
Department of Cardiology, Gaziantep University, School of Medicine, Gaziantep, Turkey. oozer@gantep.edu.tr
Cebesoy
Fatma Bahar
FB
Sari
Ibrahim
I
Davutoglu
Vedat
V
D000328:Adult; D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D011251:Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*; D012485:Salmonella typhi / Q000302:isolation & purification*