Aortic valve abscess – a clinical case

Authors

  • Nuno Candeias Interno Complementar de Medicina Interna, Hospital Curry Cabral, Lisboa, Portugal
  • Ascención Lopez Interno Complementar de Medicina Interna, Hospital Curry Cabral, Lisboa, Portugal
  • Paulo Ramos Assistente Hospitalar de Medicina Interna, Hospital Curry Cabral, Lisboa, Portugal
  • Ana Galrinho Assistente Hospitalar de Cardiologia, Hospital Curry Cabral, Lisboa, Portugal
  • João Viegas Assistente Graduado de Medicina Interna, Hospital Curry Cabral, Lisboa, Portugal
  • António Ventura §Chefe de Serviço de Medicina Interna, Hospital Curry Cabral, Lisboa, Portugal
  • Jacinto Gonçalves Director de Serviço de Medicina Interna, Hospital Curry Cabral, Lisboa, Portugal

Keywords:

endocarditis, abscess, aortic valve, Streptoccocus mitis

Abstract

The authors present a clinical case of infective endocarditis, involving a 10 year-old prosthetic aortic valve, with perivalvular abscess formation, in a 32 year old patient. The clinical
evolution was quite typical, progressing from
an insidious febrile syndrome to an acute left ventricular failure. The isolated agent was a
Streptococcus mitis, which, in presence of multiple gengivo-dental infections (with poor oral
and dental higyene), sugests an oropharingeal primary site of infection.
Based on this case, the authors performed a
literature revision about prosthetic valve endocarditis, with special incidence on aortic valve.
Clinical history, therapeutic options and some
epidemiologic data are also discussed. 

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2004-12-31

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Candeias N, Lopez A, Ramos P, Galrinho A, Viegas J, Ventura A, Gonçalves J. Aortic valve abscess – a clinical case. RPMI [Internet]. 2004 Dec. 31 [cited 2024 May 21];11(4):191-4. Available from: https://revista.spmi.pt/index.php/rpmi/article/view/1766

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Vol. 11 No. 4 (2004): Outubro/ Dezembro

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Case Reports

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