First Reported Case of Bacterial Endocarditis Attributable to Actinomyces meyeri
A 48-year-old man presented to the Victoria General Hospital, Halifax, Nova Scotia in severe congestive heart failure. Echocardiographic studies revealed significant aortic valve insufficiency. Two anaerobic blood cultures performed two weeks apart were both positive for Actinomyces meyeri. The pati...
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| description | A 48-year-old man presented to the Victoria General Hospital, Halifax, Nova Scotia in severe congestive heart failure. Echocardiographic studies revealed significant aortic valve insufficiency. Two anaerobic blood cultures performed two weeks apart were both positive for Actinomyces meyeri. The patient was treated with high dose intravenous penicillin. Three weeks after antibiotics were begun, he underwent aortic valve replacement. Intraoperative cultures were negative. Histopathological examination revealed findings in keeping with subacute bacterial endocarditis. The patient completed a six-week course of penicillin and was doing well three months after surgery. This is the first case of endocarditis attributable to A meyeri reported in the literature. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-0909171f439342a6be315810caebbee02025-02-03T05:46:54ZengWileyCanadian Journal of Infectious Diseases1180-23321996-01-0171717310.1155/1996/761841First Reported Case of Bacterial Endocarditis Attributable to Actinomyces meyeriSusan Moffatt0A Raza Ahmen1Kevin Forward2Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Centre, Halifax, Nova Scotia, CanadaDepartments of Microbiology and Immunology, Surgery and Pathology, Dalhousie University, CanadaDepartments of Microbiology and Immunology, Surgery and Pathology, Dalhousie University, CanadaA 48-year-old man presented to the Victoria General Hospital, Halifax, Nova Scotia in severe congestive heart failure. Echocardiographic studies revealed significant aortic valve insufficiency. Two anaerobic blood cultures performed two weeks apart were both positive for Actinomyces meyeri. The patient was treated with high dose intravenous penicillin. Three weeks after antibiotics were begun, he underwent aortic valve replacement. Intraoperative cultures were negative. Histopathological examination revealed findings in keeping with subacute bacterial endocarditis. The patient completed a six-week course of penicillin and was doing well three months after surgery. This is the first case of endocarditis attributable to A meyeri reported in the literature.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/1996/761841 |
| spellingShingle | Susan Moffatt A Raza Ahmen Kevin Forward First Reported Case of Bacterial Endocarditis Attributable to Actinomyces meyeri Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases |
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