title: Pulmonary embolus caused by Suttonella indologenes prosthetic endocarditis in a pulmonary homograft.
abstract: A 28-year-old Cambodian man with a history of congenital heart disease presented with a 6-month history of increasing fatigue, night sweats, and weight loss. His surgical history included two Blalock-Taussig shunts, ventricular septal defect closure, and placement of a pulmonary valve conduit via a Rastelli procedure. Echocardiographic and cardiac computed tomographic studies revealed a vegetation in the pulmonary homograft. Blood cultures grew gram-negative rods that were eventually identified as Suttonella indologenes. The patient underwent a prolonged course of intravenous antibiotics, which was complicated by septic pulmonary embolism that clinically resolved. Bacterial endocarditis caused by aerobic gram-negative organisms is uncommon. The authors report the first case of S. indologenes endocarditis in a patient with complex congenital heart disease.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, California 90509, USA. datsunian@gmail.com
authors.forename: Eric H
authors.initials: EH
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Kimble
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Poon
authors.forename: Priya
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Pillutla
authors.forename: Matthew J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Budoff
authors.forename: Jina
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Chung
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D044065:Cardiobacteriaceae / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology; D006084:Graft Rejection; D016905:Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology; D006350:Heart Valve Prosthesis / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014184:Transplantation, Homologous; D014463:Ultrasonography
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents