title: Healthcare-associated infective endocarditis of the pulmonary valve.
abstract: We report a case of a 66-year-old man with known ischaemic heart disease, diabetes mellitus and stage 4 kidney disease who was admitted to our tertiary centre with shortness of breath and atrial flutter. Transoesophageal echocardiography (TOE) was without suspicion of endocarditis. During hospitalisation, the patient suffered a nosocomial infection in a peripheral vascular catheter caused by Staphylococcus aureus. TOE after positive blood cultures revealed a new vegetation on the pulmonary valve that resolved after antibiotic treatment.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Odense University Hospital, Odense C, Denmark.
authors.forename: Marie Louise
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Laursen
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Odense University Hospital, Odense C, Denmark.
authors.forename: Sabine
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gill
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Odense University Hospital, Odense C, Denmark.
authors.forename: Jacob Eifer
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Moller
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Odense University Hospital, Odense C, Denmark.
authors.forename: Pia Hass
authors.initials: PH
authors.lastname: Gustavsen
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D055499:Catheter-Related Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000382:microbiology; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011664:Pulmonary Valve / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000382:microbiology; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus / Q000302:isolation & purification*
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