title: Erysipelothrix bacteremia without endocarditis: rare event or under-reported occurrence?
abstract: A patient presented with inflamed hands and Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae bacteremia. Because a high incidence of endocarditis has been reported with this organism, a transesophageal echocardiogram was obtained, which was normal. Treatment with oral moxifloxacin resolved all manifestations of illness. The association between E. rhusiopathiae bacteremia and endocarditis may be spurious.
authors.affiliation: Minneapolis Veterans Affairs Health Care System, Minneapolis, MN, USA; Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA. Electronic address: drek0002@umn.edu.
authors.forename: Dimitri M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Drekonja
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage; D001372:Aza Compounds / Q000008:administration & dosage; D016470:Bacteremia / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000175:diagnosis; D004699:Endocardium / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D004888:Erysipelothrix / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D004889:Erysipelothrix Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D024841:Fluoroquinolones; D006225:Hand / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D000077266:Moxifloxacin; D011804:Quinolines / Q000008:administration & dosage; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D001372:Aza Compounds; D024841:Fluoroquinolones; D011804:Quinolines; D000077266:Moxifloxacin
keywords: Endocarditis; Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae; Zoonoses