Silent destruction of aortic and mitral valve by Klebsiella pneumoniae endocarditis.
Klebsiella endocarditis rarely affects the native valve especially in the immunocompromised and the elderly. We report a case of Klebsiella endocarditis in a 60-year-old man who had a nidus of infection on the aortic valve which led to severe aortic regurgitation. This possibly spread to the anterior mitral leaflet (AML) leading to AML perforation therefore causing moderate mitral regurgitation. The reason for this suspicion was that there was perforation of the AML in the absence of vegetation. Noteworthy is that he was asymptomatic apart from generalised fatigue. This case draws our attention to the nature of Klebsiella valvular affection due to the fact that it had bitten the aortic and mitral valve silently and compelled the patient to undergo double valve replacement without having a prolonged duration of symptomatic illness thereby calling for high suspicion especially in individuals in the extremes of ages where the symptoms are less-guiding than the signs.
Department of Cardiology, Sri Jayadeva Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences and Research, Bangalore, India.
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Srinivas
Rajni
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Sharma
Navin
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Agrawal
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Manjunath
D001021:Aortic Valve; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D018618:Echocardiography, Doppler, Color; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology; D006349:Heart Valve Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D007710:Klebsiella Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology; D007711:Klebsiella pneumoniae / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008943:Mitral Valve; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic