title: Gram-negative bacteria causing infective endocarditis: Rare cardiac complication after liver transplantation.
abstract: Bacterial endocarditis is a rare complication amongst solid organ transplant recipients and is often linked to bacteremia. Majority of these recipients do not have underlying valvular heart disease or congenital valvular abnormalities. Staphylococoocusaureus and Enterococcus species are the most commonly isolated organisms. There are very few reports of gram-negative bacteria causing endocarditis in liver transplant recipients. We report a 51-year-old male, a liver transplant recipient, who developed bacterial endocarditis of the mitral valve due to extended spectrum of betalactamase producing strain of Escherichia coli and was managed successfully with antibiotics.
authors.affiliation: Susan George, Department of Cardiology, Global Hospitals and Health City, Chennai 600100, India.
authors.forename: Susan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: George
authors.forename: Joy
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Varghese
authors.forename: Sujatha
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Chandrasekhar
authors.forename: Rajasekar
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Perumalla
authors.forename: Mettu Srinivas
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Reddy
authors.forename: Venkataraman
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Jayanthi
authors.forename: Mohamed
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rela
keywords: Bacteria; Infective endocarditis; Liver transplantation