title: Community-acquired left-sided Pseudomonas aeruginosa endocarditis in a patient without intravenous drug use.
abstract: We present a case of community-acquired left-sided Pseudomonas aeruginosa endocarditis in a person without intravenous drug use. The patient presented with facial numbness and did not have any predisposing condition for endocarditis. He was treated successfully with valvular surgery, along with combination antibiotics.
authors.affiliation: Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, Istanbul Medipol University Medical Faculty, Unkapani, Ataturk Bulvari No: 27, 34083, Fatih Istanbul, Turkey. myilmaz@medipol.edu.tr
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yilmaz
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sunar
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mert
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D017714:Community-Acquired Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000601:surgery; D006350:Heart Valve Prosthesis; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011552:Pseudomonas Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D011550:Pseudomonas aeruginosa / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D015819:Substance Abuse, Intravenous
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents