Case Reports
The first case of prosthetic valve endocarditis due to Salmonella enterica Serovar Enteritidis infection in Sri Lanka
Authors:
T. Jeyakanth ,
Jaffna Teaching Hospital, LK
About T.
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P. Mayurathan,
Teaching Hospital, Jaffna, LK
M. Guruparan,
Teaching hospital Jaffna, LK
F.N. Mubarak,
Teaching hospital Jaffna, LK
M.V.S.C. Pathirage,
Medical Research Institute, Colombo, LK
S Sivasunthan
Teaching hospital Jaffna, LK
Abstract
Prosthetic valve replacement is one of the predisposing factors for the development of infective endocarditis. Prosthetic valve infective endocarditis caused by non typhoidal Salmonellae is an uncommon manifestation. We report a case of a female patient with a history of bioprosthetic aortic valve replacement admitted due to prolonged fever with diarrhoea. The echocardiogram revealed a prosthetic valve vegetation with the etiological diagnosis of infective endocarditis by Salmonella enterica Serovar Enteritidis. She had a fulminant clinical course and died after 6 months despite prolonged antibiotic treatment.
How to Cite:
Jeyakanth, T., Mayurathan, P., Guruparan, M., Mubarak, F.N., Pathirage, M.V.S.C. and Sivasunthan, S., 2015. The first case of prosthetic valve endocarditis due to Salmonella enterica Serovar Enteritidis infection in Sri Lanka. Sri Lankan Journal of Infectious Diseases, 5(2), pp.92–95. DOI: http://doi.org/10.4038/sljid.v5i2.8085
Published on
29 Oct 2015.
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