title: A 53-year-old female with a 3- to 4-month history of fever, night sweats, lethargy, anorexia, splenic infarction, and worsening mitral valve prolapse.
authors.affiliation: Virginia Commonwealth Medical Center Medical College of Virginia Campus Richmond, Virginia, USA.
authors.forename: Adnan
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Siddiqui
authors.forename: Betty A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Forbes
mesh_terms: D000855:Anorexia / Q000209:etiology; D001431:Bacteriological Techniques; D044066:Cardiobacterium / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D005334:Fever / Q000209:etiology; D016905:Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D053609:Lethargy / Q000209:etiology; D008853:Microscopy; D008875:Middle Aged; D008945:Mitral Valve Prolapse / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D013159:Splenic Infarction / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D013546:Sweating