Extracorporeal support in a patient with cardiogenic shock due to Aerococcus urinae endocarditis.
Aerococcus urinae is a newly identified Gram-positive coccus that causes serious infections. To date, only 15 cases of A. urinae infective endocarditis have been reported, but with a very high mortality. The case is reported of a patient with A. urinae double valve endocarditis. Following aortic and mitral valve replacement, the patient suffered from refractory cardiogenic shock; extracorporeal membrane oxygenation was used successfully as a rescue mechanical support.
Department of Anesthesiology, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany.
Dirk
D
Bruegger
Andres
A
Beiras-Fernandez
Florian
F
Weis
Marion
M
Weis
Felix
F
Kur
D001021:Aortic Valve / Q000382:microbiology; D004696:Endocarditis / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000601:surgery; D015199:Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation; D016908:Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / Q000150:complications*; D019918:Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008943:Mitral Valve / Q000382:microbiology; D012770:Shock, Cardiogenic / Q000382:microbiology / Q000628:therapy*; D013289:Streptococcaceae