title: Endocarditis of the mitral valve posteromedial papillary muscle.
abstract: A 36-year-old intravenous drug abuser presented with an aortic root abscess and partial rupture of the posteromedial papillary muscle. Following aortic and mitral valve replacement, histological and microbiological analysis of the papillary muscle demonstrated methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus infection.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Southampton General Hospital, Southampton, UK.
authors.forename: Narain
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Moorjani
authors.forename: Rasheed
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Saad
authors.forename: Patrick
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Gallagher
authors.forename: Steven
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Livesey
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001021:Aortic Valve / Q000382:microbiology / Q000601:surgery*; D001022:Aortic Valve Insufficiency / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D004452:Echocardiography; D004696:Endocarditis / Q000209:etiology / Q000382:microbiology / Q000601:surgery*; D006341:Heart Rupture / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D019918:Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008712:Methicillin; D008943:Mitral Valve / Q000382:microbiology / Q000601:surgery*; D008944:Mitral Valve Insufficiency / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D010210:Papillary Muscles / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus / Q000302:isolation & purification; D015819:Substance Abuse, Intravenous / Q000150:complications; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D008712:Methicillin