title: Streptobacillus moniliformis Endocarditis: An Unusual Case of Pulmonary Valve Erosion Resulting in Free Pulmonary Regurgitation and Aneurysm.
abstract: Endocarditis is a consideration in the differential diagnosis when masses are seen on echocardiography in a patient with congenital heart disease. We present a case of insidious development of endocarditis caused by Streptobacillus moniliformis in a seven-month-old baby after a rat bite, when the baby was three months of age.
authors.affiliation: 1 Faculty of Health Sciences, Pediatric Cardiology Unit, Soroka Medical Center, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel.
authors.forename: Viktoriya
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Ioffe
authors.affiliation: 2 Department of Pediatric Cardiac Surgery, Schneider Children's Medical Center of Israel, Petch Tikva, Israel.
authors.forename: Gabriel
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Amir
authors.affiliation: 1 Faculty of Health Sciences, Pediatric Cardiology Unit, Soroka Medical Center, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel.
authors.forename: Eli
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Zalzstein
authors.affiliation: 1 Faculty of Health Sciences, Pediatric Cardiology Unit, Soroka Medical Center, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel.
authors.forename: Hanna
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Krymko
authors.affiliation: 1 Faculty of Health Sciences, Pediatric Cardiology Unit, Soroka Medical Center, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel.
authors.forename: Aviva
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Levitas
mesh_terms: D000783:Aneurysm / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D011651:Pulmonary Artery; D011665:Pulmonary Valve Insufficiency / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology*; D011906:Rat-Bite Fever / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*
keywords: congenital heart disease (CHD); congenital heart surgery; endocarditis; rat bite endocarditis