Mitro-Aortic Infective Endocarditis Produced by Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae: Case Report and Review of the Literature Ibrahim M. Nassar, Ramiro de la Llana, Pilar Garrido, Rafael Martinez-Sanz Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Hospital Universitario de Canarias, Tenerife, Spain |
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Endocarditis produced by Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae is an uncommon disease in humans. This bacterial species is found worldwide as a commensal or a pathogen in many animals. Infection in humans is usually due to occupational exposure. The case is reported of a 43-year-old male parrot breeder with native aortic and mitral valve endocarditis and NYHA |
class II heart failure at six months after wound infection.
The patient was discharged after six weeks’ treatment with intravenous
penicillin G and replacement of the mitral and aortic valves due to severe
regurgitation. At one year after surgery the patient was asymptomatic
and infection-free. |
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