title: [Mitral valve endocarditis after Turkish "Festival of Sacrifice"].
abstract: Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae is the causative agent of swine erysipelas. Systemic infections caused by E. rhusiopathiae are rare, but often (90%) associated with endocarditis. In about 60% of cases endocarditis develops on normal heart valves, and despite appropriate antibiotic therapy about one-third of the patients requires valve replacement. We report the case of a housewife, who developed a mitral valve endocarditis due to E. rhusiopathiae after preparing meat for the Turkish "Festival of Sacrifice".
authors.affiliation: Abteilung Klinische Mikrobiologie, Universitätsspital Basel, Schweiz. blaicha@uhbs.ch
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Blaich
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Fasel
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Kaech
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Frei
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D016470:Bacteremia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology; D001431:Bacteriological Techniques; D002443:Ceftriaxone / Q000627:therapeutic use; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D054242:Emigrants and Immigrants; D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000635:transmission*; D004887:Erysipeloid / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000635:transmission*; D004888:Erysipelothrix; D005260:Female; D005383:Finger Injuries / Q000150:complications; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005516:Food Microbiology; D006349:Heart Valve Diseases / Q000382:microbiology*; D006693:Holidays; D006801:Humans; D007262:Infusions, Intravenous; D008460:Meat / Q000382:microbiology*; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D008875:Middle Aged; D008943:Mitral Valve; D010400:Penicillin G / Q000627:therapeutic use; D012756:Sheep; D013557:Switzerland; D014421:Turkey / Q000208:ethnology
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D002443:Ceftriaxone; D010400:Penicillin G