Enterococcus gallinarum Causing Native Valve Endocarditis
  • Maria Teresa Almeida Dias
    Department of Internal Medicine, Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
  • José de Almeida
    Department of Cardiology, Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
  • Arsénio Santos
    Department of Internal Medicine, Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
  • Rui M Santos
    Department of Internal Medicine, Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
  • Armando Carvalho
    Department of Internal Medicine, Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal

Keywords

Endocarditis, Enterococcus gallinarum, heart failure, antibiotic

Abstract

Endocarditis due to Enterococcus gallinarum is a rare condition, usually affecting older patients. The most frequent source of infection is the gastrointestinal or genitourinary tracts; it frequently involves the aortic valve and tends to produce heart failure. We present a case of Enterococcus gallinarum endocarditis developing on a normal native heart valve.
Enterococcus gallinarum is intrinsically resistant to vancomycin. Antibiotic susceptibility patterns indicate that most isolates are penicillin and ampicillin-susceptible.

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    Published: 2019-03-11
    Issue: Vol 6 No 3 (view)


    How to cite:
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    Dias MTA, de Almeida J, Santos A, Santos RM, Carvalho A. Enterococcus gallinarum Causing Native Valve Endocarditis. EJCRIM 2019;6 doi:10.12890/2019_001054.

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