Non-HACEK Gram-negative endocarditis is a rare but severe illness, and the diagnosis can be difficult to establish. Here, we report the case of a 72-year-old woman with Turner syndrome suffering from non-typhoid Salmonella endocarditis of the triscupid valve, who benefited from prompt antibiotic treatment allowing a quick and complete recovery.

Rothia dentocariosa, a gram-positive coccoid- to rod-shaped bacterium with irregular morphology, is a rare cause of bacteremia in patients without endocarditis. We report the first case of R. dentocariosa septicemia without endocarditis, which occurred in a neonatal infant with meconium aspiration syndrome.

Libman-Sacks Endocarditis (LSE) is a form of nonbacterial thrombotic endocarditis (NBTE) occurring in the set­ting hypercoagulable states like solid organ malignancies, systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and primary or secondary antiphospholipid antibody syndrome (APLS).LSE most characteristic cardiac manifestation SLE. Even though incidence clinically significant valve dysfunction embolic phen...

Hypereosinophilic syndrome (HES) is classically defined as prolonged, unexplained peripheral eosinophilia in a patient presenting with evidence of end-organ damage. The heart is involved in two forms; endomyocardial fibrosis (Davies disease) and eosinophilic endocarditis (Loffler's endocarditis). It was first reported in 1968 by Hard and Anderson. Chusid and co-workers formulated a definition w...

Bartonella spp. are increasingly implicated in infectious endocarditis cases in the UK. Herein, we attempted to quantify their role in this syndrome and explored the epidemiology of Bartonella-associated endocarditis in the UK. Between November 2005 and October 2010, samples from 685 endocarditis patients were submitted to the Health Protection Agency for Bartonella serology. Serological eviden...

We herein report a case of infective endocarditis associated with mitral valve prolapse (MVP) in a 34-year-old man with Klinefelter syndrome. The patient was admitted with a fever and headache that had persisted for three weeks. Repeated blood cultures showed growth of Streptococcus oralis. Echocardiography demonstrated severe mitral regurgitation with a large vegetation attached to the prolaps...

valvular heart disease is a considerable finding in the antiphospholipid antibody syndrome (aps). the involvement of the mitral and aortic valves is more common in the form of leaflet thickening or aseptic verrucous vegetations called the libman-sacks endocarditis. in addition to the detrimental effects of endocarditis on the valves, it can lead to serious thromboembolic complications. here we ...

The patient is a 34-year-old female with systemic lupus erythematosus and secondary antiphospholipid antibody syndrome, who evolved with convulsive crises, partially controlled with an anticonvulsant, and auscultation of a cardiac murmur, whose investigation showed the presence of a mitral valve vegetation. Once the diagnosis of Libman-Sacks endocarditis was established, therapy with warfarin s...

A 59-year-old man treated with pneumococcal meningitis 4 months ago was hospitalized for acute heart failure and performed aortic valve replacement by rupture of aortic valve. The frequent association of pneumococcal meningitis and endocarditis is known as Austrian syndrome. Though Austrian syndrome is a clinically rare disease, the evolution of pneumococcal endocarditis is very aggressive and ...