title: Isolated native tricuspid valve endocarditis due to group A β-hemolytic Streptococcus without drug addiction.
abstract: We discuss a case of tricuspid valve endocarditis to group A Streptococcus in a middle-age man without a history of intravenous drug use.
authors.affiliation: Heart Failure Unit and Intensive Coronary Care Unit, Cardiothoracic and Vascular Department, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy.
authors.forename: Roberto
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Spoladore
authors.forename: Eustachio
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Agricola
authors.forename: Rossella
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: D'Amato
authors.forename: Alessandro
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Durante
authors.forename: Gabriele
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Fragasso
authors.forename: Alberto
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Margonato
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013290:Streptococcal Infections / Q000175:diagnosis*; D013297:Streptococcus pyogenes / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D014261:Tricuspid Valve / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000382:microbiology*; D014463:Ultrasonography