Pulmonary Valve Prosthesis Endocarditis Caused By Coxiella burnetii

The Thoracic & Cardiovascular Surgeon Reports

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Nico Tom Mutters¹  Katharina Last¹  Matthias Karck²  Jamila Kremer² 

[1] Center of Infectious Diseases, Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany;

[2] Department of Cardiac Surgery, Universitatsklinikum Heidelberg Chirurgische Klinik, Heidelberg, Germany;

关键词: endocarditis;    pulmonary valve;    infection;   

DOI  :  10.1055/s-0038-1675841

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

AbstractBackground Coxiella burnetii is a gram-negative bacterium assigned to the family of Rickettsiaceae. Less than 1% of Q-fever infection leads to infective endocarditis (IE). Cases of reported pulmonary valve (PV) prosthesis endocarditis are scarce.Case Description A patient with a PV prosthesis endocarditis caused by Coxiella burnetii was seeking asylum in Germany. Prosthesis replacement was performed. All obtained blood cultures showed no growth as well as microbiological cultures of the prosthetic valve tissue. A polymerase chain reaction analysis on the explanted prosthesis detected DNA of Coxiella spp.Conclusion Diagnosing IE caused by Coxiella burnetii requires an interdisciplinary effort from both clinicians and microbiologists.

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